According to the new NHS figures, the death rates by
liver disease have been rising by 25% in less than a decade. The causes for
these deaths are heavy drinking, obesity and hepatitis. National end of Life
care stated that deaths were mostly found in men. The number of people died due
to liver disease rose from 9,321 in 2001 to 11,575 in 2009. Prof Martin Lombard
said
“70% end up dying in hospital which helps us understand the challenges in managing end-of-life care for this group of people and the increasing numbers of deaths from liver disease are all preventable such as alcohol, obesity, hepatitis C and hepatitis B. We must focus our efforts and tackle this problem sooner rather than late.” Further, the rising of young people deaths due to liver disease is more common since the latest reports showed that 60% rise in alcoholic liver disease in young people over seven years. Men were disproportionately affected, especially when deaths were due to heavy drinking. Minimum pricing of alcohol is one of the reason to do the impact on the levels of drinking that lead to alcoholic liver disease. The department of health spokesman said that urgent action is needed to halt this strategy.
Liver disease is the big killer on the rise even though it remained the poor relation in comparison to other big killers such as cancer and heart disease. It clearly gives a sign that our liver patients have benn and continue to be failed by our healthcare system and this needs to change in order to solve this social global problem. The alcohol prices should be high so young people could not afford the alcohol and health service commissioners must assign the disease at the local level too, focusing on ways to catch problem drinking early and so help to reduce the huge social and economic cost of the current death rate. The really urgent action is needed before it gets too late.
“70% end up dying in hospital which helps us understand the challenges in managing end-of-life care for this group of people and the increasing numbers of deaths from liver disease are all preventable such as alcohol, obesity, hepatitis C and hepatitis B. We must focus our efforts and tackle this problem sooner rather than late.” Further, the rising of young people deaths due to liver disease is more common since the latest reports showed that 60% rise in alcoholic liver disease in young people over seven years. Men were disproportionately affected, especially when deaths were due to heavy drinking. Minimum pricing of alcohol is one of the reason to do the impact on the levels of drinking that lead to alcoholic liver disease. The department of health spokesman said that urgent action is needed to halt this strategy.
Liver disease is the big killer on the rise even though it remained the poor relation in comparison to other big killers such as cancer and heart disease. It clearly gives a sign that our liver patients have benn and continue to be failed by our healthcare system and this needs to change in order to solve this social global problem. The alcohol prices should be high so young people could not afford the alcohol and health service commissioners must assign the disease at the local level too, focusing on ways to catch problem drinking early and so help to reduce the huge social and economic cost of the current death rate. The really urgent action is needed before it gets too late.
The liver often gets neglected until something goes wrong. When it does and the liver is infected or damaged, the results are often quite serious.
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