Liver Cirrhosis, Definition, Symptoms, Treatment, Latest News

Q: Can a liver recover from cirrhosis?

The damage done by cirrhosis typically cannot be undone. But if caught early enough and depending on the cause, there is a chance of slowing it with treatment.

Q: What is the main function of the liver?

All the blood leaving the stomach and intestines passes through the liver. The liver processes this blood and breaks down, balances, and creates the nutrients and also metabolizes drugs into forms that are easier to use for the rest of the body or that are nontoxic.

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Liver Cirrhosis Latest News

A team of scientists from Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (ILBS) New Delhi, and National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER) Guwahati found a new approach to treat liver cirrhosis.

About Liver Cirrhosis

Cirrhosis is advanced scarring of the liver caused by many diseases and conditions.
At this stage, a significant amount of healthy liver tissue has turned to scar tissue. Scarring comes from long-term inflammation in liver
It is accompanied by distortion of both blood and lymphatic vessels in the liver and intestine.
Causes: Some of the common causative factors include alcohol, NASH (Non-alcoholic Steato-Hepatitis) and hepatitis B and C viral infections.
Cirrhosis often has no symptoms until liver damage is serious. When symptoms do happen, they may include: extreme tiredness, easily bleeding or bruising, loss of appetite, swelling in the legs, feet or ankles, called edema etc.
Treatment of liver cirrhosis: Cirrhosis can be treated if diagnosed early. Both hepatitis B and C can be Abstinence from alcohol can also improve liver disease to some extent controlled or cured with medication.

Source: PIB

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