Edema of liver

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Hepatogenic edema is common in liver cancer and cirrhosis. Because the ability of the liver to synthesize plasma protein is reduced, ascites is the main manifestation, sometimes the first ankle edema, gradually spread upward, and the head and face upper limb edema. Edema often appears in the ankle, gradually spread upward, and finally form intractable ascites. The patient will be accompanied by jaundice, hepatomegaly and other symptoms. The main complications were liver dysfunction and portal hypertension. So, is liver attached edema symptom? Let's get to know!

Edema of liver

1. Hepatitis virus cirrhosis. There are many causes of hepatogenic edema, most of which are caused by hepatitis virus cirrhosis. The second is schistosomiasis, liver fibrosis and alcoholic cirrhosis. There is no chronic hepatitis A and E, except for acute severe hepatitis, there is no cirrhosis. Hepatitis B and C are easy to become chronic, that is, chronic active hepatitis and cirrhosis.

2. Parasitic cirrhosis. Schistosoma japonicum or Clonorchis hepatica live in the portal vein system, and the eggs are deposited in the liver with the portal vein blood flow, resulting in embolism of the small branches of the portal vein. The diameter of the egg is larger than the diameter of the portal vein branch of the hepatic lobule, so the embolization causes inflammation and fibrous tissue hyperplasia in the portal area, enlarges the portal area, destroys the boundary plate of the hepatic lobule, and affects the hepatocytes at the edge of the lobule.

3. Toxic cirrhosis. The damage of chemical substances to the liver can be divided into two types: one is the direct poison to the liver, such as carbon tetrachloride, methotrexate, etc; The other is the indirect poison of liver, which has nothing to do with the dosage. It first causes allergic reaction to patients with specific quality, and then causes liver damage.

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Hepatogenic edema is common in liver cancer and cirrhosis. Because the ability of the liver to synthesize plasma protein is reduced, ascites is the main manifestation, sometimes the first ankle edema, gradually spread upward, and the head and face upper limb edema. Edema often appears in the ankle, gradually spread upward, and finally form intractable ascites.