Esophageal varices
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Dr. Anshu Gupta
What are Esophageal Varices?Esophageal varices are ’varicose‘ or swollen veins in the walls of the esophagus (gullet ...
LIVER CARE FOUNDATION , NEW DELHI
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nitinsyal
About the Liver The Liver is an organ on the right side of the body weighing about 1.5Kg. It is distinctly the largest and a ke ...
What's Good About Coffee?
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Anita
For years researchers have been trying to villainize coffee, but the most recent study of 125,000 health professionals suggests ...
The long-term effects
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Laura
I've talked about this before, but recent discussions about the role of alcohol and anorexia reminded me of this paper on death ...
Alcohol
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Niyaprakash
What is alcohol? Alcohol is a common term for ethanol, a compound produced when glucose is fermented by yeast. The alcohol conte ...
Web Resources
Cirrhosis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Chronic hepatitis B. The hepatitis B virus causes liver inflammation and injury that over several decades can lead to cirrhosis. ...
ACS :: What Causes Liver Cancer? May 6, 2009 ... In this country, the major causes of liver cirrhosis are alcohol abuse and hepatitis B and C. Another cause is a disease (called ...
Cirrhosis: MedlinePlus About 5 percent of people with cirrhosis get liver cancer. Cirrhosis has many causes. In the United States, the most common causes are chronic alcoholism ...
Cirrhosis - Causes About 5% to 10% of hepatitis B patients eventually develop cirrhosis. Viruses or other mechanisms that cause hepatitis produce inflammation in liver cells, ...
Introduction
Cirrhosis is a serious condition that destroys healthy tissue, leaving scar tissue, which blocks the flow of blood through an or ... » Read on
Symptoms
In the early stages of cirrhosis, there are often no symptoms. You will usually only become aware of the problem when scar tissu ... » Read on
Cirrhosis - Causes About 5% to 10% of hepatitis B patients eventually develop cirrhosis. Viruses or other mechanisms that cause hepatitis produce inflammation in liver cells, ...
Cirrhosis (See Alcoholic liver disease.) Hepatitis C is now the most common reason for liver transplantation in the US. Other causes of cirrhosis include hepatitis B, ...
Cirrhosis Cirrhosis is the result of chronic liver disease that causes scarring of the ... Alternative Names: Liver cirrhosis. Causes, incidence, and risk factors: ...
Cirrhosis - Introduction Cirrhosis of the liver. A chronic liver disease which causes damage to liver tissue, scarring of the liver (fibrosis; nodular regeneration), ...
Dealing with Liver Disease In cirrhosis, liver cells are damaged and replaced by scar tissue which, as it accumulates, hardens the liver, diminishes blood flow, and causes even more ...
Cirrhosis - Highlights Cirrhosis damages the liver by causing scarring that blocks blood and bile flow. The Main Causes of Cirrhosis. Alcoholism. It is essential that people with ...