Complications of liver cirrhosis

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My uncle suffered from liver cirrhosis, which is a serious problem in his daily life. So he went to the hospital for examination and treatment. The doctor also told us about some complications of liver cirrhosis.

Complications of liver cirrhosis

Complication 1: liver cirrhosis is easy to complicated with various infections, such as bronchitis, pneumonia, tuberculous peritonitis, biliary tract infection, intestinal infection, spontaneous peritonitis and gram-negative bacilli septicemia.

Complication 2: hepatic encephalopathy is the most common cause of death, esophageal and gastric variceal bleeding is more common, other bleeding causes such as acute hemorrhagic erosive gastritis, gastric cardia mucosa tearing syndrome.

Complication 3: the relationship between liver cirrhosis and liver cancer is remarkable. It is speculated that the mechanism may be that hepatitis B virus causes liver cell damage and then hyperplasia or atypical hyperplasia, which is sensitive to carcinogens (such as aflatoxin) and leads to canceration under low dose stimulation.

matters needing attention

Patients with liver cirrhosis should be found and treated as early as possible, and be treated in regular hospitals as soon as possible. If thrombosis is formed slowly, limited to extrahepatic portal vein, and organic, or collateral circulation is rich, there may be no obvious clinical symptoms, such as sudden complete obstruction, severe abdominal pain, abdominal distension, hematochezia, hematemesis, shock, etc.