What are the symptoms of advanced cirrhosis?

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Cirrhosis is a very common disease at present. The main reason is that the function of the liver is damaged. It may be evolved from some viral hepatitis, or it may be caused by virus infection of the liver. When patients develop cirrhosis, they usually show fatigue and gastrointestinal symptoms in the early stage, With the progress of the disease, liver cirrhosis patients are prone to hepatic encephalopathy and even ascites in the late stage. When these manifestations appear, it indicates that the liver function has been very poor.

What are the symptoms of advanced cirrhosis?

Ascites is a very common manifestation of decompensated cirrhosis. When ascites occurs, it indicates that the prognosis of patients may be poor. There are many reasons for ascites, mainly due to poor liver function. In addition, the symptoms of hepatic encephalopathy will appear in the late stage.

Hepatic encephalopathy is mainly due to increased blood ammonia caused by the symptoms of the nervous system, when patients with hepatic encephalopathy will generally show changes in character, at the same time will appear abnormal behavior, in addition, when hepatic encephalopathy occurs, patients will easily appear spider nevus and liver.

In the late stage of liver cirrhosis, patients are also prone to hematemesis, and jaundice. When the examination is carried out, we can see that the liver of the patient shows nodular changes. In this way, the patient will eventually have symptoms of failure, which will be difficult to treat at this time.

matters needing attention

The main early manifestations of patients with liver cirrhosis are some non-specific symptoms, such as fatigue and dizziness. However, with the progress of the disease, patients are prone to severe changes such as liver ascites and chronic encephalopathy.