Cirrhosis is a serious liver disease that not only affects the liver itself, but also affects all organs throughout the body, so what is the effect of cirrhosis?
1.Changes in the liver: cirrhosis leads to damage to liver cells, fibrosis of liver tissue leads to loss of liver volume, formation of liver nodules, cirrhosis complicated by liver failure.
2.Changes in the digestive system: (1) Loss of appetite: patients with liver cirrhosis often experience symptoms such as loss of appetite and indigestion;(2) Ascites: patients with liver cirrhosis have decreased plasma and hemoglobin due to decreased liver function, resulting in a decrease in blood volume, and then ascites(3) Gastrointestinal bleeding: patients with liver cirrhosis accompanied by gastrointestinal varices can easily cause gastrointestinal bleeding.
3.Portal hypertension: Cirrhosis causes obstruction of blood flow to the portal vein, resulting in increased portal pressure, leading to portal hypertension.
4.Patients with cirrhosis due toWeakened immunity, which can easily lead to lung infections and pulmonary hypertension.
5.Hepatorenal syndrome: prone to in patients with cirrhosisHepatorenal syndrome, which usually presents with renal insufficiency.
6.Hepatic encephalopathy:Patients with cirrhosis are unable to metabolize ammonia normally due to the liverLeads to the accumulation of ammonia in the body,Causes liver disease.
7.Osteoporosis: Patients with liver cirrhosis have reduced liver function, which affects vitamin D metabolism and leads to osteoporosis.
In conclusion, cirrhosis can affect multiple organs in the bodyThe more serious the degree of liver cirrhosis, the degree of secondary complications will worsen simultaneously, and it is necessary to detect it early, and it can be detected early.