JAKARTA, investor.id – Cirrhosis of the liver, or chronic liver damage due to liver fibrosis, is very scary if it is experienced by someone.
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 do you recognize the symptoms of cirrhosis and their causes?
Internal Medicine Specialist and Consultant Gastro Enterology Hepatology Siloam Asri dr. Agus Sudiro Waspodo Sp. PD – KGEH said cirrhosis of the liver will slowly result in decreased liver function and increased portal vein pressure. This went on for years without giving any unconscious symptoms and clinical signs. However, this development can be inhibited or stopped if the cause is treated.
“The cause of liver cirrhosis can be identified through early detection through clinical and laboratory examinations,” he said through Education Webinar, recently.
Agus explained the special symptoms that must be known, namely when people with cirrhosis often experience nausea, vomiting continuously, weakness and experience a decrease in appetite. “Another special symptom is discomfort in the upper right abdominal area, the white part of the eye turns yellow and / or vomits blood,” said Agus.
This doctor of Siloam Hospitals Asri strongly recommends that the public 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.
He added that through early detection, doctors can determine if a person 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. 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,” he said
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. However, there are two categories of cirrhosis of the liver, namely compensated cirrhosis, which is the absence of an associated “symptom” even though there may be “esophageal” or “gastric” varicose veins.
Second, Decompensation Cirrhosis is the discovery of symptoms related to the disease such as “Iteric”. Due to decreased liver function or symptoms associated with the presence of “portal hypertension” such as ascites, bleeding esophageal varices or hepatic encephalopathy
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