Anyone who abuses alcohol, is to be “on the alert” because of the risk of development of liver cirrhosis.
Cirrhosis is one of the worst pathologies of the liver, during the development of which cells are destroyed and never restored. Most often cirrhosis of the liver exposed men aged 35 years. Now age category of patients with cirrhosis is much younger, if earlier, until 40-50 years men had no idea that there is such a disease, now there are some 30-year-old patients, writes the Chronicle.Info with reference to the Correspondent.
The main causes of cirrhosis of the liver:
1. Alcoholism is the most common cause of damage and destruction of liver cells. Regular alcohol abuse leads to poisoning of the whole organism, but the liver “takes on” a shot. So, every day, people are poisoning themselves spirits, not thinking about the consequences. Cirrhosis often does not develop in one day or even a month, mostly complete cell necrosis occurs over several months or years.
2. Viral hepatitis. Doctors say that in case of untimely or improper treatment of hepatitis b and C quite appears the risk of developing cirrhosis of the liver, which as mentioned earlier, virtually incurable. By the way, if during the illness of one of the types of viral hepatitis consume alcohol, in most cases, cirrhosis develops instantly.
3. Treatment certain medications. Powerful antibiotics and even simple and well-known paracetamol affect the liver, if consumed in too high doses for a long period of time. Such cases not so much, but still they are the place to be.
It is important to learn to recognize types of cirrhosis symptoms:
1. Gastritis, pancreatitis, metabolic disorders, nausea, diarrhea, vitamin deficiency can indicate the development of “alcoholic” cirrhosis of the liver.
2. Jaundice, nosebleeds, weight loss, muscle aches and right side behind the ribs, fever mostly indicate viral cirrhosis, developing as well as hepatitis C and B. cirrhosis Here are divided into two groups of “early” and “late”, depending on what period of time after hepatitis developed cirrhosis.
3. Prolonged jaundice, accompanied by itching of the skin, as well as osteoporosis can be symptoms of primary biliary cirrhosis.
4. The gallstones, benign tumors in the liver and bile, liver enlargement, which can be identified on ultra-sound study, fever and pain in the liver often talk about the development of secondary biliary cirrhosis.
