Cirrhosis
Cirrhosis is a late stage of scarring (fibrosis) of the liver caused by many forms of liver diseases and conditions, such as hepatitis and chronic alcoholism. Each time your liver is injured — whether by disease, excessive alcohol consumption or another cause — it tries to repair itself. In the process, scar tissue forms. As cirrhosis progresses, more and more scar tissue forms, making it difficult for the liver to function (decompensated cirrhosis). Advanced cirrhosis is life-threatening. The liver damage done by cirrhosis generally can't be undone. But, early diagnosis and cirrhosis treatment in Mahabubnagar can prevent further damage. Consult Dr.Vivek Sagar Pallepagu who is the best doctor for liver cirrhosis in Wanaparthy.
Early symptoms and signs of cirrhosis include:
- Loss of appetite.
- Feeling weak or tired.
- Nausea.
- Fever.
- Unexpected weight loss.
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As liver function gets worse, other more commonly recognized symptoms of cirrhosis appear including:
- Easy bruising and bleeding.
- Yellow tint to your skin or the whites of your eyes (jaundice).
- Itchy skin.
- Swelling (edema) in your legs, feet and ankles.
- Fluid buildup in your belly/abdomen (ascites).
- Brownish or orange color to your urine.
- Light-colored stools.
- Confusion, difficulty thinking, memory loss, personality changes.
- Blood in your stool.
- Redness in the palms of your hands.
- Spider-like blood vessels that surround small, red spots on your skin (telangiectasias).
- In men: loss of sex drive, enlarged breasts (gynecomastia), shrunken testicles.
- In women: premature menopause (no longer having your menstrual period).
Causes of cirrhosis include:
- Hepatitis B: Hepatitis B can cause liver inflammation and damage that can lead to cirrhosis.
- Hepatitis D
- Inflammation caused by autoimmune disease: Autoimmune hepatitis may have a genetic cause.
- Damage to the bile ducts, which function to drain bile
- Disorders that affect the body’s ability to handle iron and copper
- Medications
Complications of cirrhosis include:
- Swelling of the abdomen (ascites) and/or in the hip, thigh, leg, ankle, and foot
- Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis
- Bleeding from varices
- Hepatic encephalopathy
- Hepatorenal syndrome
- Hepatopulmonary syndrome
- Hypersplenism
- Liver cancer