A non-drinking man developed severe alcoholic hepatitis due to his passion for homeopathy

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Doctors diagnosed a non-drinking 38-year-old man with severe alcoholic hepatitis, which is explained by his passion for homeopathy.

The man went to a medical institution with complaints of poor health, noting that he does not drink alcohol at all. The diagnosis of severe alcoholic hepatitis puzzled doctors.

The reason became clear after doctors spoke with relatives, who said that the victim had been taking homeopathic remedies for the past month to cope with high levels of a highly toxic metabolite in the blood called bilirubin. According to doctors, the patient was found to have scarring of the organ due to fatty liver disease.

According to doctors, in this patient's case, it is unclear why he sought help from a homeopath, Gilbert's syndrome is due to genetic causes and does not require treatment, but, nevertheless, he was prescribed medications.