CN101: Introduction

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Clinical Nutrition

Lesson 18: Cirrhosis and Portal hypertension

Cirrhosis of the liver is a condition in which the liver slowly deteriorates and malfunctions characterised by destruction of liver cells, distortion of the normal lobular architecture with over growth of fibrous tissue and nodular regeneration of cells.This is advanced liver damage, characterized by dense scarring where the lobes are covered with fibrous tissue. It can occur in the following conditions:

Chronic alcohol abuse
Unresolved viral hepatitis

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