my question is about cirhosis of the liver?

Question

im searching about cirhosis of the liver do you now any valid and good websites, i mean with sientific knowledge to give me?

Answer 1

http://www.medicinenet.com/cirrhosis/article.htm

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/cirrhosis/DS00373

http://yourtotalhealth.ivillage.com/cirrhosis.html

http://www.uihealthcare.com/topics/medicaldepartme...

http://www.texasliver.com/en/cms/139/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CirrhosisAvd

http://www.hepctrust.org.uk/The+Liver/Compensated+...

http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/185856-overv...

This is what happens with someone who has

liver disease:

The liver cells become damaged, from any one or a

number of different causes (about 30 or more).

When the liver cells become damaged, the immune

system of the body responds to this damage and causes

inflammation to develop inside the liver. (This will

cause the liver to enlarge in size). If the cause can

be found and possibly stopped, the liver cells may

heal and the problem can be reversed. If not, it will

progress to where the liver cells die off. When the

liver cells die, scar tissue forms inside the liver that

will block the flow of blood through the liver on its

way back to the heart and also block the flow of

blood to the other functioning liver cells and they

will die off, also.

The liver cells are what does all the functions of the liver.

When the liver cells are damaged and die off, these functions

start to deteriorate and more symptoms and signs of the

disease tend to occur then.

Cirrhosis is an irreversible, progressive disease that the

doctor can only try to slow down.

I hope this information has been of some help to you.

These are all reliable websites.

Source(s): caregiver to a liver transplant patient

Answer 2

Mayo Clinic.com

Answer 3

I am a nurse at a hospital, we use the website uptodate.com, there is a section for patients to enter a search. Hope this is helpful.

Answer 4

You could try this one

Source(s): http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/cirrhosis/Pages/Intro...