Wednesday, November 7, 2007

Why patients with liver cirrhosis often gastrointestinal discomfort?

In patients with liver cirrhosis gastrointestinal discomfort common symptoms are: anorexia, sometimes with nausea and vomiting, leading to more due to cirrhosis portal pressure, chronic congestive gastrointestinal tract, gastrointestinal secretion and absorption induced dysfunction. Diarrhea, very common, for the performance of stool or without and mucus. More from the bowel wall edema, fat malabsorption, and the lack of niacin parasitic infections, such as intestinal microflora imbalance caused. A small number of other symptoms of cirrhosis not obvious, and to diarrhea as the main performance. Abdominal distention, when more than gastric peristalsis cirrhosis due to dysfunction, hypokalemia, gastrointestinal Flatulence, ascites too much or hepatosplenomegaly, and other reasons. Abdominal pain, caused by inflammation around the reasons spleen, liver cell necrosis, inflammation around the liver, portal vein thrombosis formation and (or) portal vein inflammation. Abdominal pain can also result associated with peptic ulcer, biliary tract disease, such as intestinal infection caused.

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