Cirrhosis struck, mouth to you “Alarm”

Patients suffering from chronic hepatitis for years, such as the lips, oral mucous membrane inside the cheek to lose its former bright, showing the color gray, it may indicate cirrhosis of the liver is its approximation; mouth suddenly dental caries, dental caries, or the original mild illness the rapid development of liver disease is also a bad omen; there periodontitis, alveolar abscess overflow, despite repeated treatment did not improve and gradually increased, but also means that liver disease is progressing. Due to cirrhosis of the liver caused by apparent lack of B vitamins can also cause glossitis, tongue atrophy, gingival bleeding, bad breath, parotid gland swelling oral abnormality.

 Irrespective of which type of liver disease, oral, once the above-mentioned changes, must be promptly go to the hospital examination and treatment.

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 Compensated liver function in people through the situation, you can determine the severity and prognosis of liver cirrhosis. Decompensated cirrhosis of the liver function was normal or almost normal, to maintain the body’s normal metabolic activity; decompensated cirrhosis of the liver function significantly decreased and can not maintain the body’s normal metabolic activity, and the emergence of jaundice, ascites, low-protein serum disease, hepatic coma.

 Cirrhosis of the liver deterioration of the signal

 Some of the symptoms in patients with cirrhosis, compensated liver function is often reflected in a mirror or not. For example, in patients with chronic liver disease, if they feel sleepy fatigue, anorexia, nausea, abdominal distension, urine, swelling and so on, is the deterioration of liver function signals, timely treatment, early diagnosis and early administration to prevent the further development of disease, if necessary, should be hospitalization. Involving all aspects of decompensation, to improve liver function, only in the specialist under the careful treatment in order to obtain a comprehensive and integrated treatment. However, to improve liver function is not an easy thing, even specialist doctors, and sometimes also need to pay a great deal of manpower and material resources in order to turn the situation around. Of course, some for and some losers. Overall improvement in liver function, often take several weeks, months or even a few years time, and the deterioration of liver function, but can occur in Danxizhijian. Exacerbated by the incentives, and fatigue, alcoholism, infection, bleeding related to these incentives as long as the physician under the guidance of attention to the daily life of conditioning, and some can be avoided.

 The most common complications: Esophageal variceal bleeding

 Cirrhosis of the most dangerous, the most common complication is portal hypertension caused by esophageal variceal bleeding. Cirrhosis of the liver in a dangerous period of the patients, nearly half was due to bleeding caused by esophageal varices. Therefore, prevention of esophageal variceal bleeding, in the prevention and treatment of complications in a prominent position. Drugs to prevent bleeding, with propranolol, tetrandrine Su, prazosin, nifedipine, nitroglycerin, etc. of the two drugs used alone or in conjunction with the specific choice medication, as well as dosage, course of treatment, should be in under the guidance of doctors. Patients have been bleeding, in addition to drugs used to prevent further bleeding, it can also use sclerotherapy, surgical disconnection surgery, which need by an experienced specialist to implement.

 Serious complications: Liver Cancer

 Another serious complication of cirrhosis of the liver is the primary liver cancer. Most liver cancer is cirrhosis of the liver based on the place. Because liver cancer is the result of many factors, pathogenesis is extremely complicated, so they give a prevention difficult. However, early detection, early diagnosis and early surgical resection of secondary prevention, as long as the patient with the good, is entirely feasible. Hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus, cirrhosis of the liver caused by alcohol, there is the potential risk of liver cancer occur. These patients belong to the same high-risk groups should be conducted every six months in serum-fetoprotein and the B-mode ultrasound can be early detection of small liver cancer or liver cancer tiny. Once diagnosed, immediate surgery in order to cure liver cancer in the bud, this is the best prevention and treatment of liver cancer, must not be taken lightly.

 Work and life Note

 Any chronic liver disease, once diagnosed with cirrhosis of the liver, we can not be taken lightly, they can not be scared. Excessive feelings of depression and mental stress, will weaken its immune function, is not conducive to disease, recovery, people might get worse. Daily life should be the law. Early cirrhosis decompensation of liver function well, such as serum albumin 40 g / l, you can work as usual, but it should work and rest, can not be too much for him; the volume of activities they can do little exercise, such as tai chi-like movement, rhythmic deep breathing to promote the liver’s blood back to improve the liver blood circulation, to facilitate the repair of liver disease.

 In patients with advanced cirrhosis of the liver in order to rest mainly the absolute prohibition, diet desirable salt and light, soft and digestible, and rich in nutrients should be. With the amount of animal protein to restore favorable to disease, the absolute prohibition of Hun Shi is wrong. Severe Only patients have hepatic coma hepatic coma orientation or those who have taken place in the short term, forbidden to eat Hun Shi is necessary at this time should be a source of soy protein supplement, avoid eating hard or rough with a bone spur food and acidic beverages, spices so as to reduce their food on esophageal mucosal damage. Should maintain a smooth stool, in the stool dry, it can take honey (milk) and other products, not to force bowel movements, or engaged in similar acts of heavy manual labor, otherwise it will result in a sudden increase in portal vein pressure, causing bleeding esophageal varices. Immunocompromised patients with liver cirrhosis, saying its “weak without the wind” is not too much, once infected with fever, was enough to sicker, it should actively prevent infection.

 Should be pointed out that the medication must be properly in patients with cirrhosis. Are subject to any drug metabolism in the liver after treatment, miscellaneous drugs indiscriminately, it is possible to increase the burden on the liver and even cause drug-induced liver injury. Therefore, the medicine may or may not do as far as possible the need to use drugs, to be concise, targeted stronger. From this conclusion the principle of cirrhosis of the liver medication: no medication, less medication, or with the necessary medicine!

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