Patient's question:
Before, my wife's health was always poor. She was naturally very thin and never gained weight no matter what she ate. Although she paid close attention to taking care of herself, she still couldn't prevent the elderly diseases. The only good thing about my wife was that she didn't smoke because she was allergic to it. However, she hated drinking beer, and her liver has worsened in the past two years.Doctor's answer:
Cirrhosis is a common chronic progressive liver disease in clinical diagnosis, characterized by diffuse liver damage caused by one or more different etiologies over a long period or repeatedly. In China, the majority of cases are post-hepatitis cirrhosis, with a smaller portion being alcoholic cirrhosis and schistosomiasis cirrhosis. Pathologically, it involves extensive hepatocyte necrosis, nodular regeneration of residual hepatocytes, fibrosis and fibrous septa of connective tissue, leading to the destruction of liver lobule structure and the formation of pseudolobules. The liver gradually deforms, hardens, and expands into cirrhosis. Patients with cirrhosis can, while understanding symptomatic treatment, use dietary therapy as a complementary treatment in daily life. Proper diet is necessary in daily eating habits to avoid stimulating foods.