Question 1

what's it mean to have hepatic fibrosis?

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Fibrosis = scarring: Inflammation of the liver, as almost anywhere else in the body, often heals with scarring. Lose enough functioning liver cells to scarring & you get cirrhosis. A fibrosis score is typically calculated during liver biopsy (& some fancier liver imagings) to calculate how much damage a chronically inflammed liver has sustained, & its risk of failing /decompensating. Then you need a liver transplant.

Question 2

what are the tests for hepatic fibrosis?

Accepted Answer

HepaScore: If not liver biopsy, alpha2 macro globulin increase; a lipoprotein a1 decrease, ggt, bilirubin, hyaluronic  enzyme immunoassay;  sex and age factor in as well.

Question 3

what are the symptoms of hepatic fibrosis?

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Liver injury, later: Not the hepatic fibrosis itself. Rather it is its complications like portal hypertension or eventually cirrhosis--gi bleed, ascites, fatigue,  liver enlargement, itching, abdominal symptoms, encephalopathy.

Question 4

what is the definition or description of: hepatic fibrosis?

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Hepatic fibrosis =: There is excessive connective tissue  in the liver.

Question 5

i don't believe in unnecessary medical treatment. do i really need to treat hepatic fibrosis?

Accepted Answer

No Rx: Only treating the underlying cause will help the scarring which is another term for the fibrosis.

Question 6

liver biopsy = hepatic parenchyma showing moderate to severe chronic hepatitis w/bridging fibrosis &focal changes of early micronodular cirrhosis. grade 3-4 stage 3-4. can thyroid cause this? or what?

Accepted Answer

No: thyroid problems do not cause cirrhosis. you may have an autoimmune hepatitis leading to cirrhosis, which could be associated with thyroid disease.
There are many causes of cirrhosis, ask your doctor to test you, as most can be checked with a blood test.

Question 7

hi what is the cause of cystic fibrosis ?

Accepted Answer

Recessive genes: A mutation is carried in the dna of both unaffected parents ; that matching or similar mutation is paired up at conception when the sperm ; egg form completed chromasomes with the defective info. Late in pregnancy and after delivery, the effect of the CF gene abnormality begins to reveal itself. In carriers, the good gene compensates for the bad ; no problems occur.

Question 8

does cystic fibrosis usually cause many symptoms?

Accepted Answer

Yes: The primary symptoms are pulmonary and digestive. Chronic lung disease and recurrent lung infections start early in life.  Intestinal malapsortion because of digestive enzyme deficiency also occurs early. Other symptoms include meconium illius in the perinatal period, growth failure in childhood and a variety of symptoms in the second and third decades of life including diabetes.

Question 9

what are the causes of cystic fibrosis in more than one grandchild?

Accepted Answer

Gene defect: Parents of one CF patient have an equal (25%)chance of producing another with every conception. Although there is a possibility that an unaffected child would be born, you roll the dice every time.

Question 10

what can cause cystic fibrosis and what are its effects on the body?

Accepted Answer

Genetic: It's a genetic disease and it has numerous effects on various parts of the body, mainly the respiratory system and the gastrointestinal system. 
http://www.cff.org/AboutCF/

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