What are the consequences of alcoholic cirrhosis

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I used to like drinking very much, but later I got alcoholic liver disease. This disease is not very easy to treat, and it will produce other complications, which is very harmful. Let's take a look at the consequences of alcoholic cirrhosis.

What are the consequences of alcoholic cirrhosis

First, hepatic encephalopathy (hepatic coma) patients with alcoholic cirrhosis are mostly caused by gastrointestinal bleeding, electrolyte and acid-base disorders, secondary infection and other alcoholic cirrhosis hazards and complex mechanisms of the disease itself. In the event of hepatic coma, if the rescue is improper or not timely, the mortality rate is very high. For patients with alcoholic cirrhosis, we should start from the prevention of the above inducing factors, and actively treat alcoholic cirrhosis at the same time.

Second: upper gastrointestinal bleeding, portal hypertension caused by alcoholic cirrhosis, more upper gastrointestinal bleeding, may also be due to acute gastric erosion, ulcer disease or esophageal variceal bleeding (EVB), it can be seen that the harm of alcoholic cirrhosis is still great.

Third: ascites and alcoholic liver cirrhosis due to electrolyte, osmotic pressure, nutrition and other factors lead to a large number of ascites, similar to ascites in patients with liver cirrhosis and liver cancer, resulting in a vicious circle, easy to appear electrolyte disorder or crisis, the whole system leading to death. At the same time, due to the nutrition and various factors in the course of alcoholic cirrhosis, alcoholic cirrhosis is harmful to the immune system, and is prone to infection, especially pulmonary infection and bacterial spontaneous peritonitis.

matters needing attention

There is no specific treatment for this disease, the key lies in abstinence and early diagnosis, aiming at the cause of disease and strengthening the general treatment, so that the disease can be alleviated and the compensatory period can be prolonged. For patients with decompensated period, symptomatic treatment is mainly used to improve liver function and rescue.