The last stage of cirrhosis of the liver
Liver cirrhosis is a progressive chronic pathology of this body. The diseased liver is not able to fully carry out their disposal functions, so the toxic products of human activity enter the blood. As a result of disrupted the activities of other systems and organs.
The disease has several stages of development. Inattention to the first alarm bells may lead to complete destruction of the organ. Of course, to cure the disease completely impossible. But to stop degenerative processes and thus allow the body to fully function. When comes the last stage of cirrhosis of the liver, to dramatically affect the condition of the patient very difficult.
Causes of cirrhosis
Most often, cirrhosis develops for the following reasons:
- lose body hepatitis (one of the most frequent causes of cirrhosis; the proportion of patients with viral cirrhosis approximately forty percent of the total);
- chronic alcoholism (even expensive quality drinks contain ethanol, which kills healthy cells of the liver; after 15 years of drinking the probability of occurrence of alcoholic cirrhosis is very large);
- the genetically determined ability of the liver to absorb from food excessive amounts of copper or iron (these toxic substances accumulate in the body and cause the development of liver cirrhosis);
- liver damage medications;
- infectious and parasitic lesions (toxoplasmosis, echinococcosis, brucellosis, for example);
- some congenital abnormalities (e.g., absence of bile ducts).
The last stage of cirrhosis of the liver: symptoms and signs
failure.
- Infectious complications of cirrhosis.
At the last stage of the disease can occur bacterial peritonitis, urinary tract infections, pneumonia.
- Cancer of the liver.
- Hepatic encephalopathy, which can lead to hepatic coma.
In order to detect complications for patients with cirrhosis in the last stage, regular endoscopic examinations of the digestive system.