Cirrhosis refers to a progressive, diffuse, fibrosing, nodu lar condition that disrupts the entire normal architecture of the liver figures 2 through 4. Alcohol, cirrosis y predisposicion genetica scielo colombia. Hepatitis alcoholica sintomas y causas mayo clinic. The cirrhosis is a frequent suffering, with a high mortality in our country. Description cirrhosis changes the structure of the liver and the blood vessels that nourish it. Diagnosis and management of acute kidney injury in patients with cirrhosis. Alcoholic liver disease is defined by three stages of liver damage following chronic heavy alcohol consumption. Pdf on oct 28, 2016, david rios and others published hepatitis alcoholica. Hepatic cirrhosis definition of hepatic cirrhosis by. Cirrhosis definition cirrhosis is a chronic degenerative disease in which normal liver cells are damaged and are then replaced by scar tissue. Request pdf cirrosis hepatica cirrhosis is the endstage manifestation of. The disease reduces the livers ability to manufacture proteins and process hormones, nutrients, medications, and. Cirrhosis is the twelfth leading cause of death by disease, killing about 26,000 people each year. Enfermedad hepatica alcoholica medicina integral elsevier.
Hepatic encepalopathydefinition nomenclature, diagnosis and. There was realized a retrospective, longitudinal and descriptive study, for which 236 processes of the year 2004 to 2006 were checked. However, the assumption that alcoholic liver disease always progresses linearly from alcoholic fatty liver, to alcoholic hepatitis and ultimately to cirrhosis is. In cirrhosis of the liver, scar tissue replaces normal, healthy tissue, blocking the flow of blood through the organ and preventing it from working as it should. Patients who have cirrhosis associated with a model for endstage liver disease score of 15 or greater or with complications of cirrhosis should be referred to a transplant center.