A Prospective Study of Liver Cirrhosis: An Overview, Prevalence, Clinical Manifestation & Investigations in Patients Admitted to the Medicine Ward in A Rural Teaching Hospital

Abstract

Liver disease covers a broad range of clinical histological features. Various liver disorders are major cause of morbidity and mortality rate, and amongst them liver cirrhosis is the nal common pathological pathway of liver injury, is characterized by widespread nodules in the liver combined with brosis and by increased deposition and altered composition of extracellular matrix. The aim of the present study was to see the prevalence of liver cirrhosis in rural area, and to study laboratory investigations. Various clinical manifestations that were recorded of which most common were, tiredness, and itching. We recorded 18 patients suffering from liver cirrhosis, out of 18 16 were male and 2 were female; further, 13 patients showed elevated SGOT levels and serum SGPT levels were elevated in 15 number of patients than compared to the normal values.