Nursing Care Plan – Liver Cirrhosis
Cirrhosis is a consequence of chronic liver disease characterized by replacement of liver tissue by fibrous scar tissue as well as regenerative nodules (lumps that occur as a result of a process in which damaged tissue is regenerated),leading to progressive loss of liver function. Cirrhosis is most commonly caused by alcoholism, hepatitis B and C and fatty liver disease but has many other possible causes. Some cases are cryptogenic, i.e., of unknown cause, but most of these are probably due to previously unrecognized fatty liver disease.
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