Cirrhosis Help my mom has it?

There are many different causes of liver cell damage:

alcohol consumption, medication toxification, chemical

exposure, mushroom poisoning, biliary obstruction/

malformation/infection, hereditary or metabolic

disorders, auto immune disease, cardiac/vascular

problems, viral or parasite infections,

cancer/cysts/growth/tumors, fatty liver disease,

and many others.

The cause has to be found and if possible stopped.

Many times a problem with the liver can be reversed

by doing this. But not all can be done...as you can

see depending on the cause.

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When the liver cells become damaged, the immune

system of the patients body will respond to this damage and

cause inflammation to develop inside the liver.

This inflammation will cause the liver to enlarge in size

and takes on a spongy texture.

Up to this point, stopping the cause may reverse it.

If the inflammation continues on in the liver...it can lead

to where the liver cells die off and form scar tissue inside

the liver. The scar tissue is known as fibrosis. As the

liver cells die and more scar tissue forms, the scar

tissue starts to connect in the liver and is known

as bridging fibrosis. It then proceeds to Cirrhosis.

Cirrhosis is when the scar tissue blocks the blood

flow to the functioning liver cells so they continue to

die off and also start to block the flow of blood flowing

through the liver to go back to the heart.

Fatty liver disease has many different causes also:

alcohol consumption, weight gain (obesity),

fast weight loss, malnourishment, diabetes, insulin

resistance, metabolic disorders, certain kinds of

medications (like steriods), high cholesterol/triglyceride

levels and others.

Most of the time, fatty liver disease can be reversed

by following doctors orders.

The liver has about 5% fat inside. However, as more

fat build up in there, it causes pressure inside the liver

that can damage the liver cells. Once the cells are

damaged, inflammation can occur. This is then known

as Steatohepatitis (steato means fat, hepat means

liver, and itis means inflammation).

If it isn't causes by alcohol...then this is known as

NASH or non alcoholic causes of Steatohepatitis.

Unless your mother has truly been diagnosed with

Cirrhosis of the liver (death of the liver cells and scar

tissue formation)...then she may only have Steatohepatitis.

The specialist will work with her to help her be able to get

the liver to heal. If she does have Cirrhosis, then he would

refer her to a Transplant Center to start the evaluation process

of much testing and seeing different doctors to be placed on

the liver transplant list. A liver biopsy is the best testing done

to determine how far advanced in this disease she really is.

A gastroenterologist is a specialist of the whole digestive

system. Some may go on to study one area of the digestive

system more than the others. A hepatologist is a specialist

in the field of the liver/biliary area. They are farther advanced

in this area than a gastroenterologist would be.

No one here can tell you for sure where your mother is, in this

disease. Fatty liver does sometimes reach the Cirrhosis stage,

but it is less likely to occur than other causes of liver cell damage.

I hope this info has been of help to you. Best wishes

Hi John, do you know what stage of cirrhosis she is in? There are very definite stages of liver cirrhosis. Overall the prognosis is not good, but if the doctor says she doesn't need a transplant yet, then you can expect to see her around for a few more years at least.

there is a few stable advice right here. yet truly there is no longer something may well be accomplished approximately cirohisis. have been given it myself, diagnised whilst i grew to become into 25 and nevertheless right here at 39 and look at myself extra healthy and harder than the final. I comprehend your concern yet I stay in a distinctive place the place transplants and scientific care is disbursed the two. yet i might say bleeding isn't probably that uncommon because of the plateletes or some thing.had it myself (from gums and nostril) and nevertheless getting with the aid of. each and every of the terrific brother, desire you all bypass on for no less than a decade. XXX