What is cirrhosis?
Cirrhosis is a late-stage liver condition in which good liver tissue is replaced by scar tissue, causing permanent damage to the liver. Scar tissue obstructs your liver's ability to function normally.
Healthy liver cells are injured by a variety of diseases and situations, resulting in cell death and inflammation. This is followed by cell repair and, as a result of the repair process, tissue scarring.
The scar tissue reduces the liver's capacity to metabolize nutrients, hormones, medicines, and natural toxins by blocking blood flow through the liver (poisons). It also lowers the liver's production of proteins and other chemicals. Cirrhosis impairs the liver's ability to function correctly over time. Cirrhosis in its late stages can be fatal.
Prevalence
Most at Risk?
- For many years, you've been abusing alcohol.
- Hepatitis caused by a virus.
- I'm diabetic.
- Are overweight.
- Use shared needles to inject narcotics.
- There is a history of liver illness in your family.
- Have sex that isn't protected
Is It Cancer?
Symptoms
- Appetite loss is common.
- Feeling sluggish or exhausted.
- Nausea.
- Fever.
- Weight reduction that was unexpected.
- Bruising and bleeding are easy to come by.
- Your skin or the whites of your eyes have a yellow tint to them (jaundice).
- The skin is itchy.
- Edema (swelling) in the legs, foot, and ankles.
- In your stomach/abdomen, there is a buildup of fluid (ascites).
- Your urine is a brownish or orange color.
- Stools in a light color scheme.
- Confusion, difficulties thinking, memory loss, and personality changes are all common symptoms.
- You have blood in your stool.
- The palms of your hands are red.
- Small, crimson blotches on your skin are surrounded by spider-like blood veins (telangiectasias).
- Loss of sexual desire, swollen breasts (gynecomastia), and shrinking testicles in men.
- Premature menopause in women (no longer having your menstrual period).
Cureable?
- Stop consuming alcoholic beverages.
- Hepatitis C Treatment (if you have it).
- Avoid drugs that put your liver under a lot of strain.
- Consume a Mediterranean-style diet that is healthy, well-balanced, and low-fat.
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