cirrhosis

Examples of cirrhosis in the following topics:

• Hepatitis

  • The condition can be self-limiting (healing on its own) or can progress to fibrosis (scarring) and cirrhosis.
  • Extensive damage and scarring of liver, known as cirrhosis, leads to weight loss, easy bruising and bleeding tendencies, peripheral edema and accumulation of ascites, or fluid in the abdominal cavity.
  • Alcoholic hepatitis is distinct from cirrhosis caused by long-term alcohol consumption.
  • Alcoholic hepatitis can occur in patients with chronic alcoholic liver disease and alcoholic cirrhosis.
  • Alcoholic hepatitis by itself does not lead to cirrhosis, but cirrhosis is more common in patients with long-term alcohol consumption.

• The Portacaval Shunt

  • The most common causes of liver disease resulting in portal hypertension are cirrhosis , caused by alcohol abuse, and viral hepatitis (hepatitis B and C).
  • Less common causes include diseases such as hemochromatosis, primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC), and portal vein thrombosis.
  • This image is a trichrome stain showing cirrhosis of the liver.
  • Cirrhosis can be combatted by the portacaval shunt procedure, for which there have been numerous experimental trials using randomized assignment.

• Defective Viruses

  • These complications include a greater likelihood of experiencing liver failure in acute infections and a rapid progression to liver cirrhosis, with an increased chance of developing liver cancer in chronic infections .
  • Cirrhosis leading to hepatocellular carcinoma (autopsy specimen).

• Absorption of Alcohol

  • Chronic alcohol abuse can cause fatty liver, cirrhosis and alcoholic hepatitis .
  • Alcohol use increases the risk of chronic gastritis (stomach inflammation); it is one cause of cirrhosis, hepatitis and pancreatitis in both its chronic and acute forms.
  • Chronic alcohol abuse can cause fatty liver, cirrhosis and alcoholic hepatitis.

• Liver Function

  • This type of tissue is most common in alcoholic hepatitis (a prevalence of 65%) and alcoholic cirrhosis (a prevalence of 51%).

• Diuretics

  • In medicine, diuretics are used to treat heart failure, liver cirrhosis, hypertension and certain kidney diseases.
  • In medicine, diuretics are used to treat heart failure, liver cirrhosis, hypertension and certain kidney diseases.

• Jaundice

  • Hepatocellular (hepatic) jaundice can be caused by acute or chronic hepatitis, hepatotoxicity, cirrhosis, drug induced hepatitis, and alcoholic liver disease .
  • Other causes include primary biliary cirrhosis, leading to an increase in plasma conjugated bilirubin because there is impairment of excretion of conjugated bilirubin into the bile.

• Galactosemia and Glycogen Storage Disease

  • In individuals with galactosemia, the enzymes needed for further metabolism of galactose are severely diminished or missing entirely, leading to toxic levels of galactose 1-phosphate in various tissues as in the case of classic galactosemia, resulting in hepatomegaly (an enlarged liver), cirrhosis, renal failure, cataracts, brain damage, and ovarian failure.

• Cryptococcosis

  • Hodgkin's lymphoma), sarcoidosis, liver cirrhosis, and patients on long-term corticosteroid therapy.

• Iron Overload and Tissue Damage

  • The most common presentation is hepatic cirrhosis in combination with hypopituitarism, cardiomyopathy, diabetes, arthritis, or hyperpigmentation.