Suara.com – Many people may still not be familiar with liver siriosis. Even if it is not detected early, this disease can be at risk of death.
For those who don’t know, cirrhosis of the liver itself is simply a chronic liver damage due to liver fibrosis. Apart from not having typical symptoms at an early stage, but having a high risk of death at an advanced stage, namely at the decompensation stage.
The only effective measure is to carry out early detection of liver disease. Then how to recognize symptoms cirrhosis and the cause?
Cirrhosis of the liver will slowly result in decreased liver function and increased portal vein pressure. This goes on for years without giving us any clinical signs and symptoms that we may not be aware of. However, we can inhibit this development or stop it if the cause is treated.
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The cause of liver cirrhosis can be identified through early detection through clinical and laboratory examinations, said dr. Agus Sudiro Waspodo Sp. PD – KGEH from Siloam Hospital ASRi in a statement received by Suara.com, Sunday (2/5/2021).
Agus Sudiro said that the special symptoms that must be known are when people with cirrhosis often experience nausea, vomiting continuously, weakness and experience a decrease in appetite. “Another special symptom is the emergence of discomfort in the upper right abdominal area, the white part of the eye turning yellow and / or vomiting blood,” Agus added, completing his education.
Agus Sudiro, an Internal Medicine Specialist and Consultant for Gastro Enterology, Hepatology, Siloam Hospitals Asri, strongly recommends that people immediately carry out early detection of the liver, because it is an effective step to determine whether there is potential for cirrhosis in the liver.
“Especially if you regularly consume alcoholic fluids, are overweight or have been infected with the hepatitis virus,” said Agus Sudiro, explaining the cause of the specific symptoms of liver cirrhosis.
In this education, Doctor Agus Sudiro explained, through early detection, doctors can determine someone has cirrhosis. Through changes in the patient’s body. But to be more certain, the doctor will run blood tests, imaging tests, or take a tissue sample from the liver.
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“From this early detection, it will be known. If cirrhosis treatment is needed, it aims to prevent further damage and relieve the symptoms that arise,” said Agus Sudiro, Internal Medicine Specialist and Consultant Gastro Enterology Hepatology from Siloam Hospitals Asri.
If the liver is unable to function, the patient needs to undergo a liver transplant, which is to replace the damaged liver with a healthy liver from the donor.
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