What is Cirrhosis: causes, symptoms, signs and treatment

Patients who present with cirrhosis frequently present secondary to alcoholism, hepatitis (B and C). Cirrhosis presents with fluid buildup known as ascites and it’s complications can include effects of hypertension in the portal veins supplying blood to the liver leading to esophageal varices. Many patients with cirrhosis will present with signs upper gastrointestinal bleeding leading to complications like erosive gastritis, peptic ulcer disease, and  Mallory-Weiss tear.  Some patients are given a beta blocker to help reduce the hypertension and prevent the risk of bleeding.  Sclerotherapy is used to treat new cases of varices. To effectively treat recurrent cases of ascites that is refractory, refractory hydrothorax, and recurrent variceal bleeding, a procedure doctors perform is TIPS (Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt).