What is cirrhosis?

4 May 2021

It is characterized by being a significant and serious progress in liver scarring as a result of some liver disease, such as hepatitis B and C; or the systematic abuse of alcoholic beverages.

It is an incurable disease, which if detected early and treated properly, it is possible to stop its progress and therefore damage to the liver.

Signs and symptoms Cirrhosis

There are no symptoms in the early stages, but as the condition worsens, a series of symptoms appear, among which the following stand out:

Nausea and vomiting.
Frequent bruises.
Tiredness and sleepiness.
Jaundice.
Itch.
Lack of appetite and sex drive.
Lower limb swelling.
Weight loss.
Headache.
Fluid retention in the abdomen.

Potential risks:

Excess iron in the body.
Alcoholism.
- Genetic predisposition.
- Cystic fibrosis.
Hepatitis B or C.
Fatty liver.
Infections.
Deformed or dysfunctional bile ducts.
Overweight and obesity.

Diagnosis and treatment Cirrhosis

After a physical examination and analyzing your medical history, your doctor will request liver function blood tests and imaging studies such as MRI and ultrasound.

Depending on the degree of progress and your health conditions, your doctor will determine the treatment to follow, which may include medication, and vitamin and mineral supplements. In advanced cases where liver function is severely compromised, the only option is to perform a liver transplant.

The Transplant Center, with more than ten years of service, has a multidisciplinary care model for different solid organ transplants within a highly professional, safe, and comfortable environment, in strict adherence to the highest standards in safety and patient care.

Organ and tissue transplants constitute the most important therapeutic advance in the last 50 years in the field of health sciences. Achieving this has involved practically every specialty of modern medicine.

Related centers and departments Cirrhosis

Transplant Center
High Specialty Surgery Center
Cancer Center
Radiology and Molecular Imaging
Clinical Laboratory

Fuentes:

mayoclinic.org
medlineplus.gov
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cun.es
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Arredondo BAE, Trujillo PY, Chiong QM. Acercamiento al tratamiento del paciente cirrótico. Rev Méd Electrón. 2019;41(5):1269-1278.
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Comparison of COVID-19 vaccines

Pfizer-
BioNTech

Pfizer-BioNTech

What is its effectiveness and what does it refer to?

Vaccine type: mRNA
Effectiveness: 95% after the second dose in the prevention of symptomatic COVID-19.

No Does not contain egg, latex, or preservatives.

How many doses are needed?
Two doses are needed, at least 21 days apart (or up to six weeks apart, if necessary).

Who should or shouldn’t get the vaccine?
People who should receive the vaccine are those over 16 years old.
People who should not receive the vaccine are those who have a history of anaphylactic shock (severe allergy) or who are allergic to any component of this vaccine such as polyethylene glycol (PEG) or polysorbate.

What are the possible side effects of the vaccine?
Pain where the injection was given, fatigue, headache, muscle pain, chills, joint pain, fever, nausea, malaise, and swollen lymph nodes.

How long will it take for me to be protected and what does it protect me from?
After 14 days of having the complete scheme (after the administration of the 2nd dose), the protection period is still under study. It protects us from serious COVID-19 or requiring hospitalization.

Moderna

What is its effectiveness and what does it refer to?

Vaccine type: mRNA
Effectiveness: 94.5% after the second dose in the prevention of symptomatic COVID-19.

Does not contain egg, latex, or preservatives.

How many doses are needed?
Two doses are needed, at least 28 days apart (or up to six weeks apart, if necessary).

Who should or shouldn’t get the vaccine?
People who should receive the vaccine are those over 18 years old.
People who should not receive the vaccine are those who have a history of anaphylactic shock (severe allergy) or who are allergic to any component of this vaccine.

What are the possible side effects of the vaccine?
Pain where the injection was given, fatigue, headache, muscle pain, chills, joint pain, fever, nausea, and swollen lymph nodes in the arm in which you received the injection.

Janssen/
Johnson
& Johnson

Janssen/ Johnson & Johnson

What is its effectiveness and what does it refer to?

Vector-based vaccine.
Effectiveness: 72.0% in the prevention of symptomatic COVID-19.
85% in the prevention of severe COVID-19.

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How many doses are needed?
Only one dose in needed.

What are the possible side effects of the vaccine?
Pain where the injection was given, headache, fatigue, muscle pain, chills, fever, and nausea.

How long will it take for me to be protected and what does it protect me from?
After 28 days of having the complete scheme (the last dose applied), the protection period is still under study. It protects us from 85% serious COVID-19 or requiring hospitalization.

AstraZeneca
and
Oxford
University

AstraZeneca and Oxford University

What is its effectiveness and what does it refer to?

Adenovirus vector-based vaccine.
Effectiveness: 82% after the second dose in the prevention of symptomatic COVID-19.

How many doses are needed?
Two doses are needed, at least 56 days apart (or up to 84 days apart, if necessary).

What are the possible side effects of the vaccine?
Pain where the injection was given, fatigue, headache, myalgia, arthralgia, and fever, which were mild to moderate in intensity and disappeared within 48 hours of vaccination.

Sputnik V

What is its effectiveness and what does it refer to?

Adenovirus vector-based vaccine.
Effectiveness: 92% after the second dose in the prevention of symptomatic COVID-19.

How many doses are needed?
Two doses are needed, at least 21 days apart (or up to six weeks apart, if necessary).

What is cirrhosis?

Signs and symptoms Cirrhosis

Diagnosis and treatment Cirrhosis

Related centers and departments Cirrhosis

Fuentes:

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