What does cirrhosis mean

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The occurrence of liver cirrhosis is related to alcoholism, nutritional disorders and other factors. My uncle suffers from fatty liver due to frequent drinking. A comprehensive understanding of the disease is conducive to better treatment. Let's see what cirrhosis means.

What does cirrhosis mean

First of all: cirrhosis is a common clinical chronic progressive liver disease, which is a diffuse liver damage caused by one or more causes. In China, most of them are posthepatitic cirrhosis, and a few of them are alcoholic cirrhosis and schistosomiasis cirrhosis. Histopathologically, there were extensive necrosis of hepatocytes, nodular regeneration of residual hepatocytes, hyperplasia of connective tissue and formation of fibrous septum, which led to structural damage of hepatic lobules and formation of pseudolobules. The liver gradually deformed and hardened and developed into cirrhosis.

Secondly: in the early stage, there is no obvious symptom due to the strong compensatory function of the liver. In the late stage, the main manifestations are liver function damage and portal hypertension, and there are multiple system involvement. In the late stage, there are often complications such as upper gastrointestinal bleeding, hepatic encephalopathy, secondary infection, hypersplenism, ascites, canceration, etc.

Finally: liver cirrhosis is due to the disorder of tissue structure and liver dysfunction. At present, there is no radical cure for liver cirrhosis, mainly in the early detection of the disease, in time to prevent the development of the disease.

matters needing attention

Daily life should be regular, which is conducive to the recovery of health. Every day must have enough sleep, appropriate to participate in the light activities, must ensure the combination of work and rest, once the disease has signs of aggravation, to bed rest.