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Cirrhosis

Is a slowly progressing disease in which healthy liver tissue is replaced with scar tissue, eventually preventing the liver from functioning properly. The scar tissue blocks the flow of blood through the liver and slows the processing of nutrients, hormones, drugs, and naturally produced toxins.

Symptoms:

Fatigue
Bleeding easily
Bruising easily
Itchy skin
Yellow discoloration in the skin and eyes (jaundice)
Fluid accumulation in your abdomen (ascites)
Loss of appetite
Nausea
Swelling in your legs
Weight loss
Confusion, drowsiness and slurred speech (hepatic encephalopathy)
Spiderlike blood vessels on your skin
Redness in the palms of the hands
Testicular atrophy in men
Breast enlargement in men

Preliminary plan:

General practitioner appointment
Gastroenterologist appointment
Complete blood count (CBC)
Urinalysis
Fecal occult blood test (FOBT)
Blood test:
- Bilirubin
- Alanine transaminase (ALT)
- Aspartate aminotransferase (AST)
- Alkaline phosphatase (ALP)
- Total protein
- Albumen
Abdominal ultrasound: liver, gallbladder, pancreas
Elastography
HCV antibodies
HBV antibodies