Day: January 30, 2021

Liver failure and liver cirrhosis are two different pathologies but they are connected to each other. Liver failure can occur at any time after the onset of insult depending on the type and severity of insult. It is diagnosed from the appearance of signs and symptoms of decompensation as stated above. Liver cirrhosis is basically a stage of liver failure that is seen by fibrosis and scarring of the liver parenchyma causing them to not function well, Liver cirrhosis is diagnosed based on several investigations including laboratory, imaging and liver biopsy. Liver cirrhosis can further progress to a more dangerous stage known as the hepatocellular carcinoma, thus requiring frequent health checkup with several laboratory and imaging investigations. Liver failure Liver failure occurs ...