Do I Have Cirrhosis?

Do you feel weak and extreme tired doing your daily activities?

Do you have poor appetite or have you lost weight without trying?

Do you have nausea and vomiting?

Do you feel mild pain or discomfort in the upper right side of your abdomen?

Do you have itchy skin?

Do you have yellow discoloration in the skin and the whites of the eyes along with darkening of the color of your urine (jaundice)?

Have you noticed that you easily bruising?

Do you have spiderlike blood vessels on your skin (a cluster of minute red blood vessels visible under the skin - “spider neavus”)?

Do you have redness in the palms of your hands (palmar erythema)?

Do you have visibly increased abdominal girth (swelling of the abdomen - “ascites”)?

Do you have swelling in your hip, thigh, legs, feet or ankles (edema)?

If you are a woman, have you experienced loss of your period that is not related to menopause?

If you are a man, do you have reduced sex drive, breasts enlargement (gynecomastia) or shrinkage of your testicles (testicular atrophy)?

Do you have musty breath odor (fetor hepaticus)?

Based on your answers it is unlikely that you have cirrhosis. Cirrhosis is a condition in which your liver is scarred, permanently damaged and cannot function properly. It is important to know that many people are not aware that they have cirrhosis, since they do not have symptoms of liver disease. You should make an appointment whit your doctor to discuss your symptoms. Also, there are some things you can do to reduce your risk of cirrhosis such as: avoiding alcohol, eating a healthy diet, maintaining a healthy weight and practicing safe sex with condoms (to reduce the risk of getting hepatitis B or C).

Based on your answers there is a possibility that you have cirrhosis. Cirrhosis is a condition in which various factors (chronic alcoholism, liver diseases) can cause irreversible damage to the liver over the time. The damaged liver tries to repair itself and during this process forms a scar tissue. Over time, as cirrhosis progress the scar tissue multiplies and your liver struggles to function properly. If left untreated cirrhosis can be a life-threatening condition, so please make an appointment with your doctor. The liver damage done by cirrhosis cannot be undone, but adequate treatment can prevent or limit the further damage of your liver.

Based on your answers there is a high possibility that you have cirrhosis. Cirrhosis is a condition whit severe scarring of the liver caused by many forms of liver diseases and conditions, such as hepatitis and chronic alcoholism. The liver is normally able to regenerate damaged cells, but when the factors that damage the liver persist over a long period of time, the liver becomes injured, scarred and does not function properly. Please contact your doctor right away in order to get diagnosis and treatment. Treatment involves measures to slow the progression of scar tissue in the liver and prevent complications.