Introduction: Nowadays, people don’t care much about their eating habits. They always do what they want to do. However, their own Gehong’s disease surrounds them. What causes liver cirrhosis? When people understand cirrhosis, can cirrhosis be prevented?
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What is cirrhosis
Cirrhosis is the change of liver sclerosis, most of which are caused by some viruses, drugs or alcohol, or previous diseases such as blood sucking worms. The liver tissue gradually hardens, and the blood in the gastrointestinal tract cannot flow back to the liver smoothly, resulting in abnormal liver function. Ascites, esophageal varices, hypersplenism and other diseases may also occur.
Because the early symptoms of liver cirrhosis is not obvious, so many people do not take it seriously, leading to deterioration of the disease, serious cases will appear hematemesis, a large number of ascites can not be relieved, and finally the disease developed to cancer. Therefore, cirrhosis should be found, examined and treated as soon as possible. Therefore, early treatment of liver cirrhosis will be more time-saving, labor-saving, money saving, and achieve better results.
Decompensated cirrhosis is one of the complications in the development of cirrhosis, such as ascites, hypersplenism, gastroesophageal varices and so on. Patients are very dangerous when they enter the decompensated period, and these complications are easy to lead to the final death.
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Causes of liver cirrhosis
Hepatitis B, C and D viruses are responsible for 40% ~ 65% of viral hepatitis in cirrhosis in China. The main pathogenesis is chronic hepatitis, especially chronic active hepatitis, and gradually develops into cirrhosis. Therefore, once again, we must not delay getting hepatitis.
Infection with Schistosoma or Clonorchis sinensis can lead to parasitic cirrhosis. Many rural areas have this situation, water with schistosomiasis must not go to alcoholic liver cirrhosis, accounting for about 7% of the patients with liver cirrhosis in China, but in recent years, with the improvement of people’s material living standards, China’s consumption of alcohol increases year by year, the number of people with liver cirrhosis is also increasing step by step. Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, commonly known as fatty liver, can be diagnosed as fatty liver if the intrahepatic fat content exceeds 5%, while about 20% of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis develops into cirrhosis. Pregnant women with syphilis through the placenta to the fetus and the possibility of syphilis. This shows how important pre pregnancy physical examination is. Liver function examination is of great significance for the diagnosis and treatment of liver cirrhosis. Once abnormalities are found, we must actively treat them, otherwise with the development of the disease, it will pose a great threat to the lives of patients with liver cirrhosis.
Liver stem cells produce diffuse proliferation of fibrous tissue on the basis of necrosis, which eventually leads to the damage of normal liver tissue function. Early liver without any symptoms, and even liver function has not changed significantly, but to do a good job in the daily work of liver protection. If there is transaminase rise, jaundice, must be abnormal liver function. At this time to timely medical treatment, to avoid liver dysfunction, cirrhosis and other situations.
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People’s understanding of liver cirrhosis
In the past, once liver cirrhosis occurs, it is irreversible. However, with the continuous development of medicine, the situation of early cirrhosis can be reversed, and some special drugs can be used to reverse the substance of liver fibrosis.
- Symptoms of liver cirrhosis
First of all, early cirrhosis, most of the time will not have any clinical symptoms, so early cirrhosis is difficult to use the external performance of the human body to judge. That is, at this time, cirrhosis is still in the compensatory period, but also to meet the normal physiological needs of the human body. In the middle stage of liver cirrhosis, there will be some abnormal indicators and jaundice symptoms. There may also be ascites, abdominal distension, lower limb edema and other symptoms. Transabdominal B-ultrasound can clearly find the patient’s ascites.
It is the decompensated period of liver cirrhosis, which is usually the late stage of liver cirrhosis. At this time, it can not meet the needs of the human body. The symptoms of jaundice, ascites, loss of nutrients, hypoproteinemia, anemia and other symptoms will appear. Liver disease liver cirrhosis liver cancer is a typical liver disease in trilogy.
According to statistics, 15% of liver diseases develop into cirrhosis every year in China, of which 70% is hepatitis cirrhosis, and liver cancer is mostly caused by hepatitis B cirrhosis. The incidence rate of liver cancer is about 55% in China. It has become a major killer of health and life of people. Liver disease is a kind of chronic progressive liver disease caused by many reasons. Viral hepatitis in China is mainly related to the long-term delay of hepatitis B, C and D.
In recent years, with the improvement of people’s living standard, the diet structure and habits have undergone great changes, which has caused the incidence rate of alcoholic hepatitis and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis to rise obviously, which is an important reason for the formation of cirrhosis. In addition, cholestasis, schistosomiasis infection, chemical or drug factors, heredity, some metabolic diseases and so on are the causes of liver cirrhosis.
Liver disease has the characteristics of occult onset and slow progress, so in the compensatory stage of liver cirrhosis, the symptoms are mild and atypical, mainly manifested as anorexia, fatigue, fatigue, abdominal distension, diarrhea and other symptoms. However, if the development of decompensation, the symptoms are more obvious and typical, such as emaciation and fatigue, liver disease, loss of appetite, anorexia, nausea and vomiting, diarrhea, due to severe damage to liver cells, liver function decline, the patient may appear bleeding tendency, and poor blood, such as gingival, nasal, gastrointestinal bleeding, skin purpura, etc. Because the liver’s inhibitory effect on estrogen is weakened, the patient will have typical liver palms (red spots appear on the thenar the size of the palm) and spider nevus (small arteries of the skin dilate like spiders). In addition, splenomegaly, ascites (the most prominent manifestation of liver cirrhosis) and other symptoms may appear in decompensated stage. - Complications and prevention of liver cirrhosis
Upper gastrointestinal bleeding: one of the most typical complications of decompensated cirrhosis, mainly acute hematemesis or melena. Hepatic encephalopathy: the most fatal complication in patients with advanced liver cirrhosis, is also a common cause of death. Infection: due to patients with low immune function, can cause a variety of bacterial infections, severe cases can occur septic shock. Complications include hepatorenal syndrome and hepatopulmonary syndrome.
The safest and most effective measures to prevent hepatitis B are vaccination, such as paying attention to diet, drinking water sanitation, vaccination, etc. For all kinds of hepatitis patients, should be actively treated, regular physical examination, and actively review. To change bad living habits, we can start from daily life, such as stay away from drunkenness, three high diet, sedentary and overeating. In addition, we should do aerobic exercise 3-5 times a week to ensure a good mood and actively control weight.
Conclusion: liver cirrhosis has always existed in people’s lives, but it is not so existential. People only realize that in the eyes of this disease when they feel uncomfortable, the prevention of liver cirrhosis is people’s greatest responsibility for themselves.