Symptoms of advanced cirrhosis?

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Five years ago, my body suddenly suffered from cirrhosis. After I gave birth to my child, my whole body didn't have any spirit, and my face was very bad. It was always yellow. As a result, I found out that it was cirrhosis after a long time. Now many people have similar symptoms and don't care about it, which leads to the gradual deterioration of the disease. Now I will introduce the symptoms of advanced cirrhosis to you?.

Symptoms of advanced cirrhosis?

First, patients with liver cirrhosis generally have dark skin around the eyes, thin and withered face, dilated small blood vessels on the cheek and dry lips; In men, the breasts are enlarged, swollen and painful, and the testes are atrophied. In women, menstruation is disordered, breasts are shrunk, and pubic hair is scarce; There are some dilated skin arterioles on the face, neck, chest, shoulder, forearm and the back of hand, and there are branch like branches radiating around, which are like spiders; The sclera or skin is yellow; Some patients often have bleeding tendency, can appear repeated epistaxis, gingival bleeding when brushing teeth, skin bleeding points or ecchymosis, hematoma in severe cases; Some patients will also have ascites or abdominal wall subcutaneous vascular bleeding.

Second, in the early stage of liver cirrhosis, patients generally have poor appetite, fatigue, nausea, anorexia, liver discomfort, or no obvious clinical symptoms, and most of the liver function is normal or mildly abnormal; After that, the liver gradually hardens, and the function is obviously decreased, which is manifested as gastrointestinal symptoms, malnutrition, bleeding tendency, edema, endocrine disorders, jaundice, splenomegaly, ascites formation, and even liver coma. In addition, there will be complications such as upper gastrointestinal bleeding, hepatic encephalopathy, primary liver cancer, infection, and hepatorenal syndrome.

Third, if cirrhosis occurs in the early stage, the symptoms of hepatomegaly will appear, showing diffuse lesions; In the late stage, the liver shrinks, the surface is uneven, and the echo in the liver is thickened, enhanced and unevenly distributed. It may be accompanied by portal vein thickening, splenomegaly, splenic vein bending, widening and ascites. In some patients, the reopening of umbilical vein or the ultrasonic signs of gastric coronary varices can be found.

matters needing attention

Patients with liver cirrhosis generally have poor appetite, which leads to lower and lower immunity of the patient's body, so the disease is not so easy to get better. Recipes should be diversified, paying attention to color, fragrance, soft, rotten, delicious and easy to digest. The digestive function of patients with liver cirrhosis is generally decreased, and their appetite is low. Therefore, pay attention to the changes of diet, choose some food that patients like, and pay attention to cooking, which can increase the appetite of patients.