Liver cirrhosis is a kind of liver disease, generally showing the cirrhosis stage of liver damage is more severe, and now the number of patients with liver cirrhosis is increasing, which shows that many patients with liver disease do not find a reasonable treatment plan, and then lead to liver cirrhosis. Liver cirrhosis will bring a certain danger to the life safety of patients, and if not actively treated, it may even lead to liver cancer.
What damage does cirrhosis cause to patients?
1. Portal hypertension: liver cirrhosis will bring this damage, many people will be due to the composition of liver fibrous tissue, liver lobular structure damage, portal blood obstruction, resulting in a lot of blood flow from the stomach, intestines, spleen and other places stagnant in the portal vein, so that the portal pressure increases, after reaching a certain degree, it constitutes portal hypertension, which poses great harm to the patient.
2. Gastrointestinal bleeding: this is one of the damage caused by liver cirrhosis, the amount of bleeding caused by liver cirrhosis is generally large, many patients will manifest as sudden vomiting of blood or a lot of black stool, some patients have dizziness, palpitations, fatigue, dry mouth, black haze (blurred vision) or syncope, often causing shock or inducing hepatic encephalopathy (formerly known as "liver fainting"), the mortality rate is very high, people must not ignore it.
3. Hepatic encephalopathy: After people are diagnosed with liver cirrhosis, what are the damages caused by liver cirrhosis, in the damage of liver cirrhosis, hepatic encephalopathy is one of the damages of this disease, and hepatic encephalopathy is induced by ammonia produced by protein metabolism.
4. Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis: After many people have liver cirrhosis, the patient will be hindered by the detoxification function of the liver, the body's immune function is weakened, and the bacteria and toxins that enter the Hugh through the intestinal wall cannot be effectively removed, which will constitute bacterial blood deposits, and after entering the abdominal cavity, it will constitute spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, and even lead to symptoms such as refractory ascites and abdominal pain when severe, so patients with liver cirrhosis should be actively treated.
5. Ascites effusion and edema: This is also one of the damage of liver cirrhosis, liver cirrhosis will also lead to this situation in patients, because plasma albumin is mainly synthesized in the liver, and patients with liver cirrhosis are severely damaged due to liver function, resulting in protein synthesis hindrance, showing hypoproteinemia, and when the protein is reduced to a certain extent, it will present chest and abdominal effusion and edema of the lower limbs, so people should pay attention to this disease.
6. Liver cancer: After people have liver cirrhosis, if the patient does not undergo medical treatment, it may be due to severe damage to liver cells, and many liver cells will proliferate to compensate for liver function, and the new liver cells will become cancerous due to abnormal proliferation, which will seriously harm the patient's body.