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Cirrhosis (cont.)

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When to Seek Medical Care

Call your health care provider if you have symptoms that don't go away in a day or 2, or if you have any of these symptoms:

  • Sudden weight gain with increased size of your abdomen

  • Increasing water retention

  • Jaundice

  • Changes in your mental faculties or behavior

  • New or different responses to medications

  • Bleeding that takes longer than usual to stop
If you are unable to reach your health care provider or have any of these, go to the emergency department.

  • Blood in your vomit or stool

  • Difficulty breathing

  • Abdominal pain

  • Confusion or bizarre behavior

  • Repeated vomiting

  • Fever

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Cirrhosis represents the final common histologic pathway for a wide variety of chronic liver diseases. The term cirrhosis was first introduced by Laennec in 1826.

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