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Disorders like the inability to metabolize iron and similar disorders may cause pigment cirrhosis

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The liver disease that causes portal hypertension with ascites is?

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The most common and well known causes of cirrhosis are alcoholic liver disease (which is caused by people drinking heavily for a prolonged period, usually at least a decade) and Hepatitis, both B and C. Other causes are diseases that affect the liver, such as Wilson's Disease. Cirrhosis is essentially scarring of the liver, so all of it's causes are things that affect the liver.


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What is the definition of Cirrhosis?

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Can drinking mess up your spleen?

Essentially drinking can mess up a persons spleen. This is because excessive drinking can damage the liver which causes Cirrhosis. Cirrhosis can cause an enlarged spleen.


What is the primary organ that oxidizes alcohol?

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What causes cirrhosis of the liver?

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