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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] ; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Aditya Govindavarjhulla, M.B.B.S. [2]
Overview
The diagnosis of liver cirrhosis requires accurate knowledge of the continued use and abuse of alcohol by the patient. Other causes of cirrhosis (eg: Hepatitis B and C, metabolic or autoimmune cause) also need to be ruled out and an estimate of causality along with alcohol abuse should be determined.
Symptoms
Early cirrhosis does not have any symptoms. However, as the disease progresses, a person may experience the following symptoms:
- Fatigue and weakness
- Loss of appetite
- Nausea and vomiting
- Weight loss
- Abdominal pain and bloating when fluid accumulates in the abdomen
- Itching
- Bleeding easily, even gastrointestinal bleeding
- Jaundice
- Spider angiomata
- Confusion
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