What harm can liver cirrhosis bring

summary

Liver cirrhosis is one of the most serious liver diseases. Because patients don't know how to take care of their body, they often contact with some bad sexual behaviors, which makes their body feel loss of appetite, nausea, disgusting greasy food and so on. At this time, the physical harm caused by no treatment will be greater. So what harm will cirrhosis bring?

What harm can liver cirrhosis bring

1. Portal hypertension in cirrhosis, due to the formation of fibrous tissue, liver lobule structure damage, portal blood obstruction, resulting in a large number of blood flow from the stomach, intestine, spleen and other places stagnated in the portal vein, the portal pressure increased, to a certain extent, the formation of portal hypertension.

2. Gastrointestinal bleeding gastrointestinal bleeding is the most common complication, usually a large amount of bleeding, manifested as sudden massive hematemesis or a large number of black stool, some patients first have dizziness, palpitations, fatigue, dry mouth, amaurosis (unclear vision) or syncope, often causing shock or inducing hepatic encephalopathy (formerly known as "hepatic coma"), mortality is very high.

3. Ammonia produced by protein metabolism is one of the causes of hepatic encephalopathy. Due to liver cirrhosis, the metabolic clearance of ammonia is impaired. The ammonia produced by protein metabolism in the body or by ingesting a large amount of protein food in the body at one time will increase the concentration of ammonia in the blood, which will lead to hepatic encephalopathy.

matters needing attention

Daily life should be regular, which is conducive to the recovery of health. We must have enough sleep every day, and take part in the light activities as much as we can, but we should pay attention not to be tired. Once the disease progresses, we must stay in bed and take active treatment.