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Liver Cirrhosis and Its Treatment

Cirrhosis is scarring of the liver that occurs as a result of chronic liver disease. Scarring causes disruptions to the flow of blood and bile through the liver and keeps the liver from working properly.<br>

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Liver Cirrhosis and Its Treatment

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  1. Liver Cirrhosis and Its Treatment Cirrhosis is scarring of the liver that occurs as a result of chronic liver disease. Scarring causes disruptions to the flow of blood and bile through the liver and keeps the liver from working properly. The liver is the largest organ in the body and it has many vital tasks to perform. For example, it gets rid of or neutralizes toxins (such as poisons, germs, and bacteria) in the blood and controls infection. The liver also produces proteins that regulate blood clotting and bile that helps absorb fats and fat-soluble vitamins.

  2. Signs and Symptoms The most common symptoms include: • • Fatigue and weakness • • Loss of appetite, weight loss, and nausea • • Small, red spider-like blood vessels under the skin • • Yellowing of the skin and eyes (jaundice) • • Redness of the palms of the hands (palmarerythema) • • Swelling of the belly caused by fluid retention (ascites) • • Swelling of the legs, feet, and back caused by fluid buildup (edema)Breast development in males and, possibly, shrinking testicles • • Whole body itching (called pruritus)

  3. Signs and Symptoms • • Mental confusion (called hepatic encephalopathy), caused by a buildup in the blood of harmful toxinsAdditional symptoms that may be associated with this disease or its complications include:• Decreased urine output• Pale or clay colored stools• Nosebleeds or bleeding gums• Abdominal fullness, pain, and indigestion• Fevers• Impotence and loss of interest in sex• Bleeding hemorrhoids• Vomiting blood (from esophageal varices [enlarged veins in the esophagus] due to portal hypertension – build up of pressure in the large vein supplying blood to the liver; see Complications section).

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