Please enable JavaScript.
Coggle requires JavaScript to display documents.
Alcoholic Liver Cirrhosis - Coggle Diagram
Alcoholic Liver Cirrhosis
Treatment
Liver transplantation
Corticosteroids to reduce inflammation
Ursodiol to slow liver damage
Manage for low glucose levels
Signs and Symptoms
Yellow discoloration in skin and eyes (jaundice)
itchy skin
Easily bleeding or burising
Weight loss
Fatigue
Loss of appetite
Portal hypertension (high BP of liver)
Ascites (accumulation of fluid in abdomen)
Hepatic encephalopathy (brain damage d/t increased toxin levels in blood)
Meds
Lidocaine 5% patch to block nerve signals in the body
Dextrose monohydrate to tx low blood sugar (hypoglycemia)
Heparin to reduce blood clots
Neurontin to tx neuropathic pain
Diagnoses
Ultrasound and CT scan to see fibrosis and scarring of liver
Blood tests for low serum albumin
Needle biopsy of liver