The gold standard for diagnosis of cirrhosis is a liver biopsy, through a percutaneous, transjugular, laparoscopic, or fine-needle approach. Histologically cirrhosis can be classified as micronodular, macronodular, or mixed, but this classification has been abandoned since it is nonspecific to the etiology, it may change as the disease progresses, and serological markers are much more specific. However, a biopsy is not necessary if the clinical, laboratory, and radiologic data suggests cirrhosis. Furthermore, there is a small but significant risk to liver biopsy, and cirrhosis itself predisposes for complications due to liver biopsy.
The following findings are typical in cirrhosis:
Beethoven did not kill himself. He died of cirrhosis of the liver.
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El Mamut Chiquitito
# alcoholism # hepatitis B # liver cirrhosis # hep C # autoimmune liver disease
1975
It is diagnosed by typically taking the right medicine and if it doesn't stop go directly to a doctor!!:)
he is diagnosed as fulminant hepatic failure
can be established by examination of the ascitic fluid, which allows the physician to differentiate between cirrhosis and tumor-induced ascites.
That is impossible to predict from the information we have, but if the person has been diagnosed with cirrhosis and is still drinking, it is certain that they have other health problems as well. If they do not stop drinking and get treatment, their prognosis is dire.
A person with cirrhosis of the liver can live for many years until they receive a transplant. The chances of survival prior to a transplant depend on the person's ability to get treatment. If a person with cirrhosis does not get a transplant, they will die.
It is cirrhosis without any symptoms
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".
Once a liver has developed cirrhosis, there is no way to reverse the damage. The only "cure" for cirrhosis is liver transplant.
Cirrhosis
It represents 15-20% of all cirrhosis
There is nothing as portal cirrhosis. There is a condition called as portal hypertension. In cirrhosis of liver you have signs of portal hypertension as well as of liver failure present in a given patient.
Blood tests strongly suggest the correct diagnosis, but a liver biopsy is needed for confirmation. It is also usually necessary to x ray the biliary system to look for other causes of obstruction.