In clinics, chronic hepatitis B continues to be a major worldwide health concern. 15% to 40% of those infected with the CHB virus (HBV) will develop cirrhosis, which is worse than liver failure and liver cancer, if they do not receive clinical nursing care or effective medications. The bulk of the CHB patients have to face a considerable term of medical therapy.
Thus, to prevent the advancement of CHB illness from deteriorating, more research has shown that the clinical care of such patients over an extended period of time is just as important as medication therapy. An improper diet might hasten the development of liver disease and increase the metabolic load on the liver.
These days, the clearance ratio of HBsAg remains the primary focus of clinical therapy for patients with chronic hepatitis B. Yet, the quality of life and liver organ recovery of CHB patients must also be taken into account in the clinic, particularly by the nursing staff. Here, Yuan-Yuan Wang and colleagues examined a fresh tailored dietary self-management, which highlighted vegetable oil rather than the oneness need of a low-oil diet for the patients, allowing the thinner patient group for their necessary calorie intake.
Almost, 90 distinct CHB patients participated in an observational research. The participants in the refined group received the newly customized dietary self-management education, and 6 months after enrollment, their physiological detection results were compared to those of the participants in the control group who received conventional dietary self-management education.
This study discovered that the findings of refined group showed a quicker decrease in ALT (Alanine Aminotransferase), AST (Aspartate Aminotransferase), and total bilirubin (TBIL) than the control group, which received typical dietary self-management instruction.
Overall, the liver enzymes ALT, AST, and total bilirubin decreased more quickly as a result of the diet's ability to lower inflammation and boost organ metabolism, which suggests improved liver function. These findings showed that enhanced tailored dietary self-management was more effective in speeding up liver recovery in CHB patients.
Source:
Wang, Y.-Y., Yao, Y.-Q., Sun, Y., & Qian, X.-Y. (2025). Personalized dietary self-management and its influence on disease progression in chronic hepatitis B. Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism, 2025, 5585004. https://doi.org/10.1155/jnme/5585004
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