what is the last stage of cirrhosis of the liver?

Question

My bili has been elevated since last may ALT AST has been elevated since last June. Why would it be so long? Havefatty liver does this mean cirrhosis?

Answer 1

Liver Disease: I think you may be mixing up your words and diagnoses. The last stage of cirrhosis is death. That is why everything possible is done before one get's to this last stage. Now, what were you really asking?

Answer 2

Several ways: The most easy wdy to explain it is to say it makes it unable to handle and detoxify normal body wates that it should. It can be fatal.

Answer 3

Scarring: Scarring of the liver impairs blood flow (the liver acts as a kind of filter to remove toxins from the blood) which can lead to swelling of the legs and abdomen.

Answer 4

Advanced liver scar: Cirrhosis is a pathologic definition describing the amount of scar tissue within the liver. Sometimes the definition can be made without a liver biopsy based upon the clinical presentation. Cirrhosis is the end result of ongoing liver damage from any cause (ie. Alcohol, hepatitis c, others). Not everyone with cirrhosis will develop complications of liver failure though medical follow up is needed.

Answer 5

That depends: Cirrhosis is scaring of the liver. This can be caused by drugs, alcohol and viral hepatitis. Cirrhosis can be seen on ultrasound, CT scan or liver biopsy. Chronic inflammation can lead to scaring which leads to cirrhosis which can be a precursor to liver failure or cancer.

Answer 6

Scarring of the live: Cirrhosis is the end stage of liver damage that can result from many causes, including alcohol, drugs, hepatitis b & c, and obesity, associated with metabolic syndrome. Mild to moderate changes in liver pathology such as 'fatty liver' can usually be reversed. Cirrhosis is a permanent condition that requires medical management including monitoring, careful selection and dosing of medications.

Answer 7

Cirrhosis: Cirrhosis is end result of scarring. It can happen due to other disease processes that can cause scarring including autoimmune hepatitis, hemochromatosis, NASH and others.

Answer 8

Most aren't!: There are a number of causes of cirrhosis including: too much fat in the liver (a.K.A. Nash), viruses that were not necessarily contracted by using drugs (hepatitis b/c, others), metabolic diseases (hemochromatosis, wilson's disease, alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency, etc), autoimmune processes (autoimmune hepatitis, pbc, psc) and medications.

Answer 9

Many reasons: Infections (hepatitis b or c), fatty liver disease (fat infiltration in the liever), autoimmunity.

Answer 10

Impotence: There is usually disordered catabolism of sex hormones leading to more estrogen in men that reduces libido and often causes impotence.

Answer 11

Chronic liver diseas: The most common causes of cirrhosis are chronic excessive alcohol use, chronic infection with hepatitis c, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, hepatitis b, primary biliary cirrhosis, autoimmune hepatitis and others.

Answer 12

Usually inflammation: by having chronic inflammation of the liver - due to viral hepatitis, alcohol, excessive fat or autoimmune diseases. this results in scarring = cirrhosis.

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