It can take several months or years for your liver to recover from alcohol use, especially in the early stages of ALD. Cases of severe cirrhosis may not be treatable even with quitting alcohol.

While ageing and genetics are significant contributors, lifestyle factors like alcohol consumption are increasingly recognised as playing a role in the disease’s onset and progression.

In other findings, there were no significant associations between tobacco and alcohol use and glaucoma progression (P=0.473 and P=0.471, respectively). Victoria Tseng, MD, PhD, of the University ...