Cirrhosis is the 11th leading cause of death by disease in the United States. Almost one half of these are alcohol related. About 25‚000 people die from cirrhosis each year. Description/Definition Cirrhosis is a consequence of chronic liver disease characterized by replacement of normal‚ healthy liver tissue by fibrotic scar tissue‚ blocking the flow of blood through the organ and preventing it from working as it should‚ as well as regenerative nodules leading to progressive loss of liver function
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Cirrhosis of the Liver Cirrhosis of the Liver: Causes‚ Detection and Prevention University of Phoenix- Online Campus Cirrhosis of the Liver is a horrible disease that takes the lives of many people every year. There are many causes‚ symptoms‚ ways to diagnose and treatments that surround this disease as well as many ways that this fatal disease can be prevented. The liver is a key organ when it comes to making the body function properly (National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse
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Introduction Cirrhosis is a progressive chronic inflammation of the liver that typically results from severe chronic hepatitis or chronic alcoholism as we know. Cirrhosis is defined histologically as a diffuse hepatic process characterized by fibrosis and the conversion of normal liver architecture into structurally abnormal nodules. In other words‚ The damaged hepatocytes regenerates‚ but the liver’s connective (scar) tissue regenerates faster. As a result‚ the liver becomes fatty and fibrous
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To know better about cirrhosis‚ you must understand first that cirrhosis is a circumstance when liver function has less. The diseases that lead to cirrhosis do so because they injure and kill liver cells‚ and the inflammation and repair that is associated with the dying liver cells causes scar tissue to form. The liver cells that do not die multiply in an attempt to replace the cells that have died. This results in clusters of newly-formed liver cells (regenerative nodules) within the scar tissue
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could stay sober. When a patient has advanced cirrhosis the doctor has to consider whether he thinks the patient will cope with the transplant and become sober before transplanting the organ. Liam was young and young adults tend to recover better when illness strikes and if Liam was truly determined to stop the alcoholism‚ he should have been given a transplant. Doctors had tried many alternative advanced treatments to cure the advanced cirrhosis yet Liam still needed a liver transplant‚ which
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Alcoholism (started drinking half gallon of tuba every day at the age of 16‚ beer and redhorse 2-3 times a week) Chronic Alcoholism (started drinking half gallon of tuba every day at the age of 16‚ beer and redhorse 2-3 times a week) Liver Cirrhosis Liver Cirrhosis Risk Factors * Chronic alcoholism * Smoking * Diet Malnutrition Risk Factors * Chronic alcoholism * Smoking * Diet Malnutrition Predisposing Factors * Age > 45 y/o * Gender (more common in male) * Asian
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CIRRHOSIS Cirrhosis of the liver refers to the scarring of liver due to poor liver function and development of various liver diseases caused by conditions such as alcohol abuse‚ buildup of fats in the liver‚ and hepatitis. In most of the cases‚ liver is able to regenerate the new liver cells when they are damaged. However‚ if the damage has occurred for a longer period of time and becomes severe‚ regeneration of the cells would be incomplete. This‚ in turn‚ leads to the formation of the scar tissues
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two billion people have been infected with hepatitis B virus at some point in their life‚ and approximately 350 million have become persistent carriers. Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C along with cirrhosis is the cause of 80% of liver cancer. The reason I choose this topic is because I was diagnosed with cirrhosis of the liver 12 years ago. Alcoholism has been in my family for many generations which made a good candidate. All of the men in my father’s family drank alcoholically and most of them died due
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NON-INVASIVE PARAMETERS FOR THE DETECTION OF VARICEAL BLEED IN PATIENTS OF LIVER CIRRHOSIS‚ AN EXPERIENCE OF A TERTIARAY CARE HOSPITAL IN PAKISTAN Anam Umar (First author & corresponding author) Affiliation: Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre Email address: anam_umar@hotmail.com Mobile no: +923478300237 Fakhar Ali Qazi Affiliation: Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre Email address: dr_ar_lumhs@yahoo.com Mobile no: +923332724599 Rukhsana Abdul Sattar Affiliation: Jinnah Postgraduate
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When the liver begins to deteriorate and is unable to function as it normally would because of long lasting‚ or chronic‚ injury‚ the diagnosis would is called cirrhosis. As time progresses‚ scar tissue begins to replace the healthy liver tissue and prevent proper blood flow through the liver. The largest internal organ in the human body is the liver. The liver plays a significant role in metabolism. According to the National Institute for health‚ it is stated‚ “The liver has many functions
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