What causes cirrhosis?

summary

Liver disease, in fact, is very common around us. Generally speaking, ordinary people may have fatty liver or viral hepatitis, especially hepatitis B patients. This is more common. Then it will develop slowly, and it is likely to become liver cirrhosis. Later, it will develop into liver cancer. How to treat it will not work. It can only prolong its life, and the patients will wait for death. So, what causes cirrhosis?

What causes cirrhosis?

Viral hepatitis is the most common cause of liver cirrhosis. Studies have shown that 60% - 80% of liver cirrhosis is caused by viral hepatitis, the most common of which are hepatitis B and hepatitis C.

2. alcohol consumption and chronic alcohol consumption cause the incidence rate of liver disease to increase year by year. Alcohol can lead to liver cell degeneration and necrosis, long-term drinking can lead to liver fibrosis, and eventually develop into cirrhosis. At present, alcoholism has become the second leading cause of liver cirrhosis in China.

3. Schistosomiasis: Schistosomiasis mainly inhabits in the portal vein after it infects the human body. The eggs will deposit in the branches of the portal vein, causing liver fibrosis and liver cirrhosis in the late stage. Schistosomiasis mainly occurs in southern China. Nowadays, with people's attention to the prevention and control of schistosomiasis, the prevalence rate has declined.

matters needing attention

Having said so much, cirrhosis is still far away from us. If we can take active exercise and develop good living habits, we will have much less risk of illness (cirrhosis is just one of them). At the same time, if possible, we'd better go to the hospital for physical examination.