Change Of Intake Of Alcohol Can Improve Death Rate Of Liver Cirrhosis.

he Probabilities of Hepatitis Developing Liver cirrhosis, Change of Intake of Alcohol Can Improve Death Rate of Liver Cirrhosis.



The passage contains four latest news about liver cirrhosis including: The probabilities of hepatitis developing liver cirrhosis, a 12-years-old boy develops liver cirrhosis, change of intake of alcohol can improve death rate of liver cirrhosis and the reasons causing liver cirrhosis in the old.

The Probabilities of Hepatitis Developing Liver cirrhosis

Now there are lots of hepatitis virus can lead to liver cirrhosis, such as hepatitis A, B and C. While the hepatitis B and C is the main reasons causing liver cirrhosis around the world. In China, most patients with liver cirrhosis are caused by hepatitis B, but in Western countries, plenty of liver cirrhosis is led by hepatitis C. Commonly, hepatitis A and D are not chronic, do they cannot lead to liver cirrhosis.

Hepatitis D is a kind of so called defective virus, which cannot reproduce itself. Hepatitis E virus can survive and reproduce only by parasitizing on hepatitis C virus. It is believed that hepatitis C and hepatitis D together can speed up the liver cirrhosis. How to Prevent Hepatitis Develop to Liver Cirrhosis? Preventing hepatitis C can greatly decrease the risk of developing liver cirrhosis. Therefore, in order to decrease the risk of developing liver cirrhosis or liver cancer, patients with liver diseases should do the following aspects: 1.Receive treatment as early as they can. 2.Try to avoid medicines which do harm to liver. 3.Decrease the radio exposure towards liver. 4.Prevent various infectious diseases and avoid different wounds and operation in the same time. 5.Stop alcohol and over fatigue.

The Reasons Causing Liver Cirrhosis in the Old

Liver cirrhosis is a kind of diseases which is caused by many pathogeneses. According to data from Japan, the death rate of old patients with liver cirrhosis is lower than that of young ones. There are many reasons which can cause liver cirrhosis in old ones, the following are several common ones: 1.Drug Poisoning: the old have more chances of taking different drugs, because they have many systemic diseases. Many drugs do harm to liver and some can even cause liver cirrhosis.

2.Circulatory Disturbance: it is common the old have coronary disease, pulmonary heart disease and chronic heart failure, which can make liver in the condition of hyperemia, hypoxia and necrosis. They finally develop liver cirrhosis. 3.Virus Hepatitis: though the old have low incidence of virus hepatitis, but if they have virus hepatitis in their youth,especially hepatitis B, they are likely to develop liver cirrhosis in their late years. 4.Alcoholism: people who drink alcohol for a long time are easy to develop liver cirrhosis, because alcohol does direct harm to liver. 5.Schistosomiasis: it is a common disease in developing countries. Thats mainly because schistosome in liver stimulate vascular zone and causes block and liver cirrhosis. 6.Cholestasis: bile and cholochrome in high density do harm to liver cells, they can make liver cells necrosis and develop liver cirrhosis in the end. 7.Liver Aging: with the growth of ages, liver become old as well. Those who are above 70 years old have obvious symptoms of liver changes. 20% to 50% of old patients with liver cirrhosis have no symptoms at all according to the above.

A 12-years-old Boy Develops Liver Cirrhosis

A 12-years-old boy named Dong had a big belly since he was young. He often feels tired and has no appetites. Later, the parents were told the boy developed liver cirrhosis which makes them feel sad. The doctor said Dongs mum is a hepatitis B carrier and Dong has liver disease since birth. It is the ignorance of Dongs liver disease that leads to the liver cirrhosis.

After do liver function, renal function and belly CT, Dong is diagnosed with liver cirrhosis caused by chronic hepatitis B. Now he is receiving comprehensive therapy towards liver in hospital.

Change of Intake of Alcohol Can Improve Death Rate of Liver Cirrhosis

Researchers have found that the total change of the intake of alcohol can strongly affect the death rate of liver cirrhosis. Researchers did research on 14 patients with liver cirrhosis from Western European countries. The research mainly put its press on the death rate and the intake of alcohol. And the research lasted for 14 years. Researchers found out that patients with liver cirrhosis who took in less alcohol have a relative low death rate of liver cirrhosis.