Cirrhosis of the Liver Alimentary

Introduction

Liver cirrhosis is a disease that leads to disruption of the structure and function of the liver. It can be caused by various factors, such as alcohol, viral infections, heredity and others. One type of cirrhosis is cirrhosis of the nutritional type, which occurs as a result of long-term alcohol consumption. Cirrhosis of the alimentary form in the ICD is defined as code K70.0 and has a risk of death in the stage of portal hypertension of more than 5%, while its mortality is observed in all forms of cirrhosis, but mainly in the presence of portal hypertension syndrome in alcoholic cirrhosis (up to 4%) .

Definition

Among the etiological forms of alcoholic cirrhosis, alcoholic steatosis and alcoholic hepatitis predominate. The main pathogenetic variants are autoimmune hepatitis, chronic active hepatitis and chronic regenerative hepatitis of alcoholic origin. The visceral form of liver cirrhosis associated with the alcohol factor is divided according to the mechanism of development as follows:

1) the formation of liver cirrhosis during the acute period of alcoholic illness;