Question

what would the lab results for someone going through alcohol withdrawal look like

Answer 1

Alcohol withdrawal syndrome is the sudden reduction or stopping of alcohol intake results in physiological and emotional disturbances. It occurs six hours after the last drink and peak level attains at 24 to 48 hours. The person may experience tremors, agitation, anxiety, confusion, insomnia, and headache. Clinically, the patient has a fever, dehydration, irregular heart rate, tremors, seizures. The lab test is susceptible to hypoglycemia due to impaired gluconeogenesis. Respiratory alkalosis occurs due to acid-base disturbance. The lab values of bilirubin and uric acid increased. Mean corpuscular volume increased due to iron deficiency of chronic alcoholism. Gamma-glutamyltransferase is increased due to the elevated liver enzyme as a result of heavy alcoholism priorly. GGF is increased up to two weeks. Albumin is decreased due to liver dysfunction. A more important value to determine the withdrawal symptom is AST is greater than ALT.