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Alcoholism can seriously damage the liver, the organ whose job it is to convert the alcohol into a harmless, digestible substance. In the process of breaking down alcohol, the liver is exposed to a number of highly toxic substances, and may itself become inflamed, a condition called alcoholic hepatitis. Some long-term drinkers never develop alcoholic hepatitis; others develop the disease after a single drinking binge. The reasons alcoholic hepatitis develops in only some people is not known; drinking larger amounts, being malnourished, or having other types of hepatitis increase the risk.   Symptoms include pain in the upper abdomen; ... MORE

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