Common symptoms of cirrhosis of the liver as per experts

A degenerative disease of the liver resulting in scarring and liver failure.

Cirrhosis is usually asymptomatic especially in the initial stages. Symptoms are seen in advanced stages after extensive liver damage. When symptoms do occur, they are often non-specific like:

• Weakness
• Fatigue
• Muscle cramps
• Weight loss
• Nausea
• Vomiting
• Upper abdominal pain

Other symptoms include:

• Easy bruising and bleeding
• Jaundice
• Swelling of legs
• Reduction in breast size
• Irregular periods in women

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• Several conditions and diseases can cause liver damage leading to cirrhosis.

The most common causes of liver cirrhosis are:

• Chronic alcohol abuse
• Chronic viral hepatitis (B or C)
• Non alcoholic liver disease; fatty liver

– Other causes include:

• Hemochromatosis (abnormal accumulation of iron in the body)
• Wilson’s disease (abnormal accumulation of copper in the body)
• Cystic fibrosis
• Biliary atresia (poorly formed bile duct)
• Autoimmune liver disease
• Primary sclerosing cholangitis (hardening and scarring of bile ducts)

– The risk factors include:

• Excessive alcohol consumptiion
• Obese
• Viral Hepatitis

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