Prevention of cirrhosis of the liver, from the cause of the beginning

In fact, as long as the reasons for the incidence of cirrhosis and progress of the law, so that early detection, early treatment, and actively prevent its further increase could be reduced cirrhosis of the liver damage.

Cirrhosis of the liver, interrupt the “10th Symphony”

Cirrhosis complications – upper gastrointestinal bleeding

As the lead to liver cirrhosis with portal hypertension, blood at high pressure under the influence had to copy the long path flow back into the heart, leading to esophageal varices. When are rough food, chemical substances or other factors to stimulate intra-abdominal pressure is increased, the varicose blood vessels easily rupture, bleeding occurs, loyalty are at this time, there may be vomiting blood, melena, syncope. Therefore, the patients with cirrhosis should not eat coarse food.

For bleeding patients can first use of trauma smaller methods, such as endoscopic variceal ligation, sclerotherapy, interventional stent-shunt, in order to achieve a temporary stop the bleeding. Hemostatic effects of surgery more precise, but the major trauma, when patients with poor liver function, the operation at higher risk. March 1827 26 of their shabby homes in the cluttered, the Beethoven’s life come to an end, leaving just “Tenth Symphony” some of the drafting of the theme. Beethoven’s death has been shrouded in mystery for centuries, people argue, it was said to be syphilis, it was said to be rheumatoid recently have scientists claim: in Beethoven’s skull was found several times more than the normal amount of lead, suggesting that the lead poisoning.

Beethoven died in the day, from Wagner to wield the physician pathology of Beethoven’s body made a full autopsy and found that his liver significantly reduced, such as cooked tough leather, the surface of the nodules of varying sizes. Based on this fact, coupled with Beethoven’s death in front of a large number of ascites (ascites puncture and drainage on two occasions), and there had been symptoms of esophageal bleeding, more experts, concluded that ultimately led to the death of Beethoven’s lame magic when the liver hardening. As for the factors that induced cirrhosis of the liver may be related to his alcohol habits.

Perhaps Beethoven’s death will always be debate forever about this but wanted to analyze Beethoven’s autopsy results, to explore a very common disease – cirrhosis of the liver.

Europe and the United States, alcoholic cirrhosis, more common

Cirrhosis of the liver is a common chronic liver disease, but also in patients with end-stage liver disease leading cause of death. Classified according to cause of cirrhosis of the liver, such as viral hepatitis liver cirrhosis, alcoholic cirrhosis, parasitic liver cirrhosis, biliary cirrhosis, poisoning or metabolic cirrhosis. With alcoholic cirrhosis of the liver, for example, the equivalent of 2 milliliters per gram of alcohol or Wuliangye Maotai (calculated according to 50 degrees), 10 ml of wine (about 10 degrees according to the calculation), or 25 ml of beer (at 4 degrees terms), as per days for more than 80 grams of ethanol intake, duration of more than 10 years, both could lead to alcoholic cirrhosis. Dye which has about 120 million, in southern China, a higher proportion of hepatitis B virus infection, about 3% of the hepatitis B patients will eventually develop cirrhosis of the liver, which is the benign liver disease leading to death of the first culprit.

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