Alcoholic Liver Disease: US-based Expert Emphasizes Multi-Disciplinary Care Model

Bhubaneswar : For a holistic approach to treating Alcoholic Liver Disease (ALD), the best way is to have an integrated multi-disciplinary care model in which the treating hepatologist can have the treatment counseling along with a psychiatrist and this model can cure more people.

Speaking at the KIMS Guest Lecture Series on ALD today at the Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS), a world-renowned expert on ALD Prof Ashwini Singhal from the University of Alabama, Texas said “As ALD is a result of an addiction, the multi-disciplinary integrated approach is best suited for the cause both in the Western and Indian scenario.’’

He said, veining snacks for patients suffering from ALD also helps a lot and they should have protein intake most probably from plant-based sources as per their body weight to have a better life and manage cirrhosis. He advised the patients with ALD to have more frequent meals with small amounts for better physiology and metabolism not having heavy meals with large intervals, and proper management of obesity, metabolic syndromes, and alcohol intake so as to have control over ALD.

Saying that the selection process for liver transplant (LT) in an ALD patient is a challenging world over as the medical centers differ in their approaches to finding the “suitable’’ patients to undergo LT, he also underscores the need for great vigil even after the transplant process as there was every chance of alcohol intake by the patient.

Prof Sanjay Satpathy, another renowned hepatologist from the USA and Medical Director at Liver Transplantation, Northwell Health, New York yesterday spoke on “Metabolic Associated Steatotic Liver Disease (MASLD) – Where are we heading to?’’ as part of the KIMS Guest Lecture Series.

Pro-VC School of Medicine Prof. CBK Mohanty, Principal Prof. Ambika Prasad Mohanty, Medical Superintendent Prof. Rama Chandra Das, senior Faculty members and students joined.