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What Causes Cryptogenic Liver Cirrhosis And How To Treat It?
My name is Sri, My mom (Soundarya 51 years old) was just diagnosed with Creptogenic liver Cirrosis. She had black stolls for 2 weeks and a nose bleed once, Then all of a sudden she vomited 2 bottles of blood in a diabetic center. The Dr immidiatly gave and injection and asked my mom to see DR. Nageshwar Reddy at AIG Hyderabad. The he did enoscopy and said she has Criptogenin Liver cirrhosis and he banded the vertices nerves and my mom stayed in the hospital for a week and they asked her to follow up after a month. The Drs did not gave any info other than saying her liver has damaged 40 %. They gave her few medicines and gave a diet sheet. Please advise what are the questions we need to ask the Dr in India when my mom visits for next oppointment?
Thu, 7 Aug 2014
Hi Sri,
I am so sorry to hear about your mother's ordeal.
Cirrhosis of the liver can occur due to multiple causes. Alcohol and infections (hepatitis) are usually the usual culprits. When all the causes of cirrhosis have been investigated and found to be negative, then the cirrhosis is termed as "cryptogenic". One of the complication of cirrhosis is development of portal hypertension which leads to bleeding (vomiiting of blood and black stools) and also fluid accumulation in the belly. In the initial stages this can very effectively be managed with medications and banding. but if the cirrhosis progresses, then the only other option would be to proceed with a liver transplant.
Hope this helped and hope your mother feels well soon. Please do not hesitate to contact me for any further help, including for centers offering liver transplant - rxsuresh@gmail.com
I am so sorry to hear about your mother's ordeal.
Cirrhosis of the liver can occur due to multiple causes. Alcohol and infections (hepatitis) are usually the usual culprits. When all the causes of cirrhosis have been investigated and found to be negative, then the cirrhosis is termed as "cryptogenic". One of the complication of cirrhosis is development of portal hypertension which leads to bleeding (vomiiting of blood and black stools) and also fluid accumulation in the belly. In the initial stages this can very effectively be managed with medications and banding. but if the cirrhosis progresses, then the only other option would be to proceed with a liver transplant.
Hope this helped and hope your mother feels well soon. Please do not hesitate to contact me for any further help, including for centers offering liver transplant - rxsuresh@gmail.com
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