Cirrhosis is a progressive liver condition that often remains hidden in its early stages. The disease, marked by irreversible ...

Also, fluid can become backed up into the lungs, causing pulmonary edema which leads to symptoms like breathlessness and coughing. According to experts, liver cirrhosis describes severe scarring ...

Cirrhosis, or liver scarring, can cause swelling in the ankles, legs and abdomen. Per the Mayo Clinic, cirrhosis slows blood flow and increases pressure in the portal vein within the liver.

HERNIA is known to be more frequent among patients with cirrhosis of the liver, especially with ascites, than among those without liver disease. Chapman et al. 1 reported a rate of 10 per cent in ...

Brain edema and intracranial hypertension are major causes of death in this syndrome. Comparison of HE in acute liver failure (ALF) with that of cirrhosis allows recognition of important ...

Ornithine-aspartate stimulates muscle glutamine synthetase in experimental ALF and prevents the development of brain edema ... for ammonia elimination in cirrhosis. [32] Such findings await ...