What I Need to Know About Cirrhosis - Softcover

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Softcover

ISBN 10: 1478246065 ISBN 13: 9781478246060

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2012

Synopsis

This National Institutes of Health Publication 11-5166, “What I Need to Know About Cirrhosis,” provides information about Cirrhosis and liver issues – knowing how to prevent issues, knowing the symptoms of issues and knowing how to receive proper treatment allowing you to lead a full, healthy life. Cirrhosis is scarring of the liver. Scar tissue forms because of injury or long-term disease. Scar tissue replaces healthy liver tissue and blocks the normal flow of blood through the liver. A healthy liver: makes proteins, helps fight infections, cleans the blood, helps digest food, and stores a form of sugar that your body uses for energy. A liver with too much scar tissue cannot work properly. You cannot live without a liver that works. But early treatment can control symptoms and keep cirrhosis from getting worse.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1478246065
• ISBN 13: 9781478246060
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 24