Question 1

who gets cirrhosis?

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Longstanding sicknss: Cirrhosis comes on slowly, almost always over years, in the setting of ongoing liver disease. Only one heavy drinker in 3 actually gets true cirrhosis (fibrosis / lasting scar); it's common in hepatitis b and c, hemochromatosis (don't miss this common one), and some other less familiar illnesses. Of all the organs, your liver's the most likely to be in perfect shape when you're 100.

Question 2

what sort of disease is cirrhosis?

Accepted Answer

Liver scarring: Cirrhosis is when a liver has been suffering from inflammation (aka hepatitis) for such a long time that it has largely been changed into scar tissue. Cirrhosis is a complicated and dangerous condition which can lead to confusion, bleeding, jaundice, and may need a liver transplant to correct. Definitely contact a liver specialist or gastroenterologist if you have this condition.

Question 3

what is cirrhosis w/nash?

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Liver disease.: Nash is an acronym for  non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, a liver disease where the organ becomes inflamed and infiltrated with fat. This pattern occurs in alcoholics, so NASH is used to describe it is patients who do not drink. The cause is likely due to obesity, diabetes, & metabolic syndrome. If it progresses, it can lead to liver failure, a condition called cirrhosis of the liver.

Question 4

how does my ra effect my cirrhosis?

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: Liver damage in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) may be  hepatic manifestation of RA, associated primary liver disease or hepatotoxic liver disease which developed during the treatment of RA. Liver damage during RA is most common in the form of asymptomatic abnormal liver tests. Occasionally, liver damage may progress to cirrhosis.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29627896/

Question 5

do all alcoholics develop cirrhosis?

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No: Not all alcoholics develop cirrhosis, but there are plenty of other medical complications of alcoholism that they're at risk for.

Question 6

cirrhosis patient can live for 20 years?

Accepted Answer

It depends: Cirrhosis means that your liver is functioning at a very limited capacity, without replacing that liver with a new one " by a liver transplant" the chances of living 20 years are very slim, since the liver produces so many proteins that are essential to the human body.

Question 7

why would cirrhosis cause hyperprolactinemia?

Accepted Answer

Increased estrogen: Liver normally metabolizes estrogen. With cirrhosis, estrogen levels become elevated as liver cannot break it down. The production of prolactin is stimulated in the pituitary as a result of increased estrogen.

Question 8

could alt elevated to 76 mean i have cirrhosis?

Accepted Answer

Not per se: A person with cirrhosis could have an elevated ALT. However most people with mildly elevated ALT do not have cirrhosis. More information is need to evaluate you for cirrhosis and you should consult your doctor for a physical and may be addition tests, including imaging study.

Question 9

how long does cirrhosis take to develop from nafld?

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: Approximately 20% of patients develop cirrhosis within 2 years.

Question 10

what are some tests that detect early stage cirrhosis?

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This is tricky: You need a biopsy to be certain, but since cirrhosis is really just the later stages of ongoing liver damage, the real question is whether you have progressive liver disease. If you have untreated Wilson's, hemochromatosis, hep b or c, autoimmune hepatitis, cannot stop drinking, have fatty liver and are not exercising, you need to save your life now. Best wishes.

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