Premonitory Symptoms of Hepatic Cirrhosisdoi:10.1097/00000441-189412000-00047NAThe American Journal of the Medical Sciences
Decompensated cirrhosis is the more advanced of the twocirrhosis stages. At this point, your liver has so much scarring that you develop complications. Your doctor will know you have decompensated cirrhosis if you show signs of one or more of these conditions: Jaundice.It's caused when your l...
Once the diagnosis of hepatitis C is established, other tests may be done to determine whether the patient has developed liver fibrosis or scarring (cirrhosis). This can be done with a needle biopsy of the liver, and examining the biopsied liver tissue under the microscope.Liver biopsyis less...
● Decompensated Cirrhosis:Individuals suffering from decompensated cirrhosis develop several complications such as jaundice, hepatic encephalopathy, hepatorenal syndrome, etc. The livers of people with decompensated cirrhosis are damaged in all their totality and they hardly survive beyond two years. ...
Symptoms of advanced cirrhosis may include a bloated belly from fluid accumulation (ascites),fluid accumulation in the lower extremities (edema),bleeding from blood vessels in the esophagus or stomach (varices) and cognitive impairment (hepatic encephalopathy). ...
Many people develop symptoms of hepatitis C after years of chronic infection causing liver damage or cirrhosis. Approximately 50% of people with acute hepatitis C will develop chronic HCV, according to the CDC, which includes these symptoms: ...
Symptoms of advanced cirrhosis may include a bloated belly from fluid accumulation (ascites),fluid accumulation in the lower extremities (edema),bleeding from blood vessels in the esophagus or stomach (varices) and cognitive impairment (hepatic encephalopathy). ...
Cirrhosis is a disease in which normal liver cells are replaced by scar tissue, which interferes with all of these important functions. In extreme cases, the damage is so severe that the only solution is a liver transplant.Cirrhosis has many causes. In the United States and Europe, the most...
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Cirrhosis is considered the end stage of any chronic liver disease. Causes Many people have more than one cause for liver damage. A wide variety of diseases and conditions can damage the liver, leading to cirrhosis. Not all liver diseases cause it– only those that cause chronic, ongoing dama...