Chronic hepatitis/cirrhosis
~stigmata: portal HTN (splenomegaly, ascites, caput medusae), impaired anabolic function (dec albumin [pedal edema, leukonychia, ascites], clotting factors [purpura, bleeding], glucose), impaired catabolic function (dec estrogen [palmar erythema, spider naevi, gynaecomastia, loss of axillary hair], inc conjugated bilirubin, toxins [asterixis, encephaopathy]. ammonia)
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Autoimmune - check for other autoimmune dz e.g. thyroid dz, T1DM, vitiligo
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Metabolic
~Wilson's dz (inc urine copper, dec ceruloplasmin)
~haemochromatosis (inc ferritin)
Cardiac congestion - due the RHF.
~elevated JVP, pulsatile liver
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