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A 45-year-old patient was admitted to the hospital with a diagnosis of cirrhosis of the liver He is thin and malnourished His abdomen is very large due to an accumulation of fluid in the abdominal?
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∙ 14y ago
I am not sure what your question is, all I can say is I have been around a long time and have seen this before. Your patient is a chronic alcoholic and the fluid in the abdominal cavity is from the liver, which is probably on its last legs. he will have to be drained [ I say HE but it happens to women too, but not so often.] You will probably get at least 20 ltrs from his drain. He will need to be on a drip. His emaciated appearance comes from years of neglect, he worries about where his next drink is coming from rather than his next meal. Ideally he needs a transplant, but spare livers are rare, and the Med. Prof. do not like giving them to alcoholics, a reasonable argument I think, livers are being blown to pieces faster than they are donated. All you can do is clean him up, dry him out, give him nourishment. Hope for the best, send him back out on the street and hope you never see him again, but experience tells me you will.
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Cirrhosis
Can dull abdominal pain come from cirrhosis?
Yes
Can you eat meat chickens that have ascites?
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Is liver cirrhosis and liver abscess the same?
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How is cirrhosis treated by doctors?
Iron supplements, diuretics, and antibiotics may be used for anemia, fluid retention, and ammonia accumulation associated with cirrhosis. Vasoconstrictors are sometimes needed
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Tattooing and body piercings because the dye or needles used can carry on HCV infected blood from one customer to another. Needlestick injuries and hemodialysis. Having multiple sex partners.
What did Medusa look like?
collateral hyperemic venous blood flow in abdominal wall due to portal cirrhosis of liver for example
Symptoms of cirrhosis or liver disease?
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What is compensated cirrhosis?
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How do you know how bad cirrhosis of liver is?
Cirrhosis is the final stage of liver disease (before death). There is only one level of cirrhosis, which is "bad", since cirrhosis is progressive and non-reverisble. The stage before cirrhosis is called "fibrosis", which you could classify is "not as bad".
Can artichokes heal cirrhosis?
Once a liver has developed cirrhosis, there is no way to reverse the damage. The only "cure" for cirrhosis is liver transplant.
What Is a chronic degenerative disease of the liver characterized by scarring?
Cirrhosis
