CHRONIC VIRAL-INFECTION IN PATIENTS WITH ALCOHOLIC DAMAGE TO THE LIVER

Aim. Detection of viral hepatitides markers in patients with alcoholic damage to the liver Materials and methods. Virological, immunological and histochemical tests were performed in 36 chronic alcoholics who h ad enlarged liver and/or abnormal hepatic characteristics. Results. 60 % of the examinees carried chronic HBV HCV, HDV infection. The activit y of chronic inflammation of hepatic parenchyma was associated with bi ological phase of the viral infection development, The degree of hepat ic parenchyma morphological changes was unrelated to the virus type (H BV, HCV, HDV). Conclusion, Alcoholic hepatic damages often combine wit h viral hepatitis.