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Prolong Liver disease can lead to cirrhosis, the last stage of liver scarring. The liver gets damaged due to excessive alcohol consumption or any disease affecting the body. The liver repairs itself by forming scar tissues. Regular formation of scar tissues makes it difficult for the liver to function, and thus it is life-threatening. Unfortunately, there are no measures to undo the damage done by cirrhosis. However, early detection helps in preventing the cause and controlling further damage.
Experts diagnose the person and look for the cause that led to cirrhosis. A wide range of diseases and conditions damage the liver and lead to cirrhosis. Many times, prescribed medicine affects the liver and damage it as a side-effect. Excessive alcohol use is another factor that accelerates the scarring of the liver. Factors like genetic digestive disorder, destruction of the bile ducts, poorly formed bile ducts also contribute to liver damage. Viral hepatitis is another contributor to the same. Reasons for encountering cirrhosis are many.
The liver performs the function of filtering the blood coming from the digestive tract before it passes to the rest of the body. Filtration removes harmful substances from blood and facilitates the secretion of by-products into the bile or blood.
The liver helps in digestion by secreting the bile. It stores the bile in a small sac gall bladder. The gall bladder is beneath the liver connected to the intestines. The gallbladder transports bile into the intestines helping fats to break into glucose.
The liver assures that body gets detoxified. It prevents all harmful substances in the blood from reaching the digestive tract. It maintains homeostasis through closely monitoring levels of toxicity in the blood.