Cirrhosis :
Cirrhosis of the liver refers to permanent scarring of the liver, affecting the functioning of the liver and is a late-stage liver disease. The presenting complaints of liver cirrhosis at early stages are nausea, loss of appetite, fatigue, upper abdominal pain, malaise, palmar erythema and spider angiomas. The significant signs of later stages of liver cirrhosis are jaundice, pruritus, light colored stools, dark colored urine, digestive difficulties, unexplained weight loss and muscle tone, small yellow bumps of fat deposits on the skin or eyelids, hepatic encephalopathy, motor dysfunction, enlarged male breast tissue and shrunken testes and disruptions to the menstrual cycle in women. The causative factors of liver cirrhosis include chronic hepatitis C infection and chronic hepatitis B infection, alcohol induced hepatitis and non alcohol related steatohepatitis. The treatment methods to manage cirrhosis of the liver involve treating the underlying cause, eliminating the toxins, preventing further complications of the disease, quitting substance use and making necessary lifestyle modifications.





