liver cirrhosis
Alcoholic's damaged organ
Liver cirrhosis is severe scarring of the liver, typically the end stage of chronic liver disease.
Healthy tissue is progressively replaced by fibrous scar tissue, impairing the organ's ability to function.
Common causes include long-term alcohol abuse, hepatitis infections, and fatty liver disease.
His years of heavy drinking led to cirrhosis.
Often shortened to just cirrhosis.
- ascitesAbdominal cavity fluid accumulation
- fluid retentionAbnormal water accumulation in tissues
- hepatitis CViral liver inflammation, specific strain
- jaundiceYellowing from bile pigment
- alcoholismAddiction to drinking
heavy drinking · alcohol abuse · fibrosis · scar tissue · hemochromatosis · fatigue · diuretics · necrosis · encephalopathy · scarring · bruising · yellowing · damage · bleeding · blood clotting · toxins · chronic · hepatitis B
- diseasescancer, diabetes, tuberculosis, influenza, measles
- Liver Diseaseshepatitis, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, viral hepatitis, hepatomegaly
- Fibrosisfibrosis, cystic fibrosis, scarring, fibroblasts
- Alcoholismalcoholism, alcoholic, alcohol abuse, alcohol addiction, alcohol dependence
- GI disordersCrohn's disease, gastroenteritis, IBS, GERD, ulcerative colitis
- swellingswelling, edema, bloating, puffiness, fluid retention