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What kind of physical symptoms may predict early cirrhosis?

What kind of physical symptoms may predict early liver cirrhosis? What are the symptoms of early liver cirrhosis? Early liver cirrhosis refers to the absence of any specific clinical symptoms or signs, no obvious abnormal liver function examination, but there are obvious pathological changes in liver histology, so what kind of physical symptoms may predict early liver cirrhosis?

Studies at home and abroad have confirmed that in patients with early liver cirrhosis, the content of various types of collagen in the liver has increased, especially the deposition of type I and type III collagen. With the progress of liver fibrosis, the ratio of type I / III collagen increased from 1 to 1.59. Type I collagen fibers increased and participated in the formation of connective tissue. The reversibility of type I collagen fibers was strong, which was mainly seen in advanced cirrhosis.

As early cirrhosis has no specific clinical symptoms and signs, it is in the stage of subclinical pathological changes, but some patients may have the following manifestations.

(1) Systemic symptoms: mainly fatigue, fatigue, physical decline. A few patients may have facial pigmentation.

(2) Symptoms of chronic dyspepsia: decreased appetite, abdominal distension or constipation, diarrhea or liver pain, obvious after fatigue.

(3) Signs: spider nevus can be seen in a few patients, mild to moderate liver swelling, mostly in patients with alcoholic cirrhosis, generally without tenderness. The spleen may be normal or slightly enlarged.

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