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Cirrhosis - Symptom

Alternative Names

Liver cirrhosis

Symptoms:

Other symptoms that may occur with this disease:

Symptoms may develop gradually, or there may be no symptoms.

Signs and tests:

During a physical examination the health care provider may find:

  • An enlarged liver or spleen
  • Excess breast tissue
  • Excess fluid in the tissues lining the abdomen (ascites)
  • Expanded (distended) abdomen
  • Reddened palms
  • Red spider-like blood vessels on the skin
  • Smaller (contracted) fingers
  • Small testicles in men
  • Widened (dilated) veins in the abdomen wall
  • Yellow eyes or skin (jaundice)

Tests can reveal liver problems including:

A liver biopsy confirms cirrhosis.

This disease may also affect the results of the following tests:

  • Reviewed last on: 5/27/2008
  • Christian Stone, MD, Division of Gastroenterology, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

References

Carithers RL, McClain C. Alcoholic Liver Disease. In: Feldman M, Friedman LS, Brandt LJ. Feldman: Sleisenger & Fordtran's Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease. 8th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2006:chap 81.