This document discusses liver disorders and cirrhosis of the liver. It provides information on the anatomy and functions of the liver. Cirrhosis is defined as a chronic liver disease characterized by inflammation and fibrosis that results in structural changes and loss of liver function. Causes of cirrhosis include alcoholism, viral hepatitis, bile duct obstruction, and certain drugs. Symptoms may include nausea, fatigue, jaundice, and abdominal swelling. Diagnosis involves medical history, physical exam, blood tests, imaging, and biopsy. Treatment depends on the underlying cause but generally involves rest, diet modification, medications, and procedures such as shunts or transplantation in severe cases.
2. Weight in male
1600gm & in female
1300gm, wedge
shape
It is largest gland in
body
Reddish brown in
color
4 lobes, Right, left,
Caudate, Quadrate.
Blood supply by
Hepatic arteries
Situated in right upper
quadrate region.
6.
The word "cirrhosis" is a neologism that
derives from Greek kirrhos, meaning
"tawny" (the orange-yellow colour of the
diseased liver).
While the clinical entity was known
before, it was René Laennec who
gave it the name "cirrhosis" in his 1819
work in which he also describes the
stethoscope.
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7. “It is a chronic liver disease of the liver
characterized by inflammation & fibrosis
resulting in drastic structural change &
significant loss of liver function in which
extensive degeneration & destruction of the
liver parenchymal cell”
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9. 1.Alcoholic cirrhosis- Most common, due
to chronic alcoholism. Scar tissue
characteristically surrounds the portal area.
Alcoholic Fatty Liver
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10. 2.Postnecrotic cirrhosis- due to
results of acute viral hepatitis, post
intoxication with industrial
chemicals.
3.Biliary cirrhosis- Scaring occurs
around bile duct in liver, Results
from chronic biliary obstruction &
infection.
4.Cardiac cirrhosis- Associated
with severe right sided long term
heart failure.
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11. Alcoholic
liver disease (ALD).
Viral hepatitis
Obstruction of bile duct
Use of drug eg. Isoniazid
Wilson's disease
Alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency
Right sided heart failure
Exposure of chemicals
(arsinic,Phosphorus)
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12. Due to etiological factor
Nausea, WBC,Fatigue
Inflammation
Pain, Fever Anorexia
Liver necrosis
ADH
Androgen & estrogens level liver fibrosis
liver failure
Metabolism of protein
portal H.T
inability to metabolize
Fat metabolism
Hypoglycaemia
ammonia to urea
Vit.K absorption Malnutrition
hepatic encephalopathy
Bilirubin metabolism
confusion to hepatic coma
death
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13. Spider
angiomata or spider nevi.
Palmar erythema (
Exaggerations of normal speckled mottling
of the palm, due to altered sex hormone metabolism. )
Gynecomastia (
Benign proliferation of glandular tissue of male breasts
presenting with a rubbery or firm mass extending concentrically from the nipples)
Hypogonadism(Manifested as impotence, infertility, loss of sexual
drive, and testicular atrophy due to primary gonadal injury or suppression of hypothalamic
or pituitary function)
Enlargement
Splenomegaly
of liver
Ascites
Caput
medusa
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14.
Fetor hepaticus(Musty odor in breath due to increased dimethyl
sulfide)
Jaundice
Indigestion
Anaemia
Other;-
Weakness, fatigue, anorexia, weight loss.
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23. Technique for palpating the liver. The examiner places one
hand under the right lower rib cage and presses downward
with light pressure with the other hand.
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