What Causes Cirrhosis Of The Liver?

Posted on Sat, 25 Mar 2017

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Question : dear Dr ,
kindly guide as per available investigation and IPD paper . what is the cause of current illness Cirrhosis of liver (decompensated)/Ascites . is current illness, cirrhosis of liver is due to alcohol in take in this case . as patient is alcoholic. Kindly guide

Answered by Dr. Dr.P.Ratnakar Kini (6 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Most likely cause

Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Thanks for posting your query.
I am Dr.R.K and I am pleased to assist you.

Cirrhosis has many different causes like chronic alcohol intake, Hepatitis B and C infection etc.
This patient is an alcoholic. So it could be the likely cause. But the uploaded documents do not show any report related to Hepatitis B and C infection. So I cannot rule out other common causes.

The ascites in this patient is however due to two reasons - Cirrhosis of liver and tuberculous infection of the abdomen.

Regards,
Dr.R.K

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Arnab Banerjee