
Damaged livers, ruined lives
By Dr Y.L.M.
MY father had a hepatitis B infection once. Recently, he had an ultrasound done as part of a routine check-up, and the report came out that his liver had cirrhosis. What is cirrhosis?
Cirrhosis of the liver is what happens to your liver as a complication of many diseases. It is how your liver looks anatomically - with a lot of scar tissue manifested in nodules and fibrous tissue that is hard.
This is what happens to your liver:
By Dr Y.L.M.
MY father had a hepatitis B infection once. Recently, he had an ultrasound done as part of a routine check-up, and the report came out that his liver had cirrhosis. What is cirrhosis?
Cirrhosis of the liver is what happens to your liver as a complication of many diseases. It is how your liver looks anatomically - with a lot of scar tissue manifested in nodules and fibrous tissue that is hard.
This is what happens to your liver:
No comments:
Post a Comment