Cirrhosis - a disease that is characterized by a violation of the structure of the liver as a result of proliferation of connective tissue. It can be detected only with the help of ultrasound and X-ray studies or computed tomography. If a diagnosis of cirrhosis of the liver is made, treatment should be comprehensive and it must be started as soon as possible, since without timely and correct therapy, in most cases this illness ends in a lethal outcome.
Medication for cirrhosis
Treatment of liver cirrhosis at home or in hospital is aimed at correcting complications, improving the patient's condition and protecting the liver from further destruction. Radically to cure this disease will help only organ transplant. Vitamin-mineral complexes are prescribed for the treatment of primary biliary cirrhosis of the liver . It can be:
- Vitrum;
- Alphabet;
- Centrum;
- Biomax;
- Gerimax;
- Complivit.
If a patient has skin itching, he needs to drink Cholestyramine. In the absence of improvement in biochemical parameters, the patient shows the use of lipoic acid. It has a hepatoprotective (liver-protective) effect and regulates carbohydrate and fat metabolism.
Modern treatment of decompensated liver cirrhosis should begin with the use of increased doses of lipoic acid and various hepatoprotectors, for example, Essentiale. If the patient is diagnosed with ascites , he is prescribed diuretic drugs:
- Spironolactone;
- Triampur;
- Etacrynic acid;
- Furosemide.
With cirrhosis of a viral nature, it is first necessary to correct the underlying disease and take Prednisolone. The withdrawal of this drug is gradual. In some cases, patients up to 3 years of age are given a maintenance dose. Adsorbents and enzyme preparations are always used during treatment of cirrhosis. They eliminate constipation and dyspepsia.
Treatment of cirrhosis with folk methods
Treatment of cirrhosis of the liver can be carried out with the help of folk remedies. Quite quickly to relieve this disease tea from milk thistle will help.
The recipe for tea
Ingredients:
- seeds of milk thistle - 10 g;
- water - 200 ml.
Preparation and use
Grind the seeds of the plant. Pour them with boiling water. After 15 minutes strain the tea. Take this drug three times a day for 50 ml.
To treat cirrhosis of the liver, you can use herbal tea.
The recipe for broth
Ingredients:
- dioecious nettle - 10 g;
- rhizome rootgrass - 20 g;
- water - 600 ml;
- hips - 20 g.
Preparation and use
Grind all the ingredients, pour them with water and boil for 15 minutes. After 15 minutes, the resulting broth should be filtered. Take it to 200 ml in the morning and in the evening.
To one of the most effective folk methods of treatment of cirrhosis of the liver, is tincture of horseradish.
Tincture recipe
Ingredients:
- horseradish leaves - 5 pieces;
- roots of horse radish - 20 g;
- alcohol - 500 ml.
Preparation and use
Pour the roots and leaves of horseradish with alcohol. Infuse the resulting mixture for 7 days, periodically shaking. This drug is taken 5 ml three times a day.
Surgical treatment of cirrhosis
When the connective tissue has grown over a very large area, and also if the patient is in a very serious condition that does not lend itself to medical or folk treatment, cirrhosis can be cured only by one method - with the help of surgery. The patient is given a transplant (transplant). This requires a donor. The operation is performed under general anesthesia.
Only 80-90% of patients with transplanted liver have a favorable outcome. Other people develop complications that are life threatening, or cirrhosis appears on the transplanted organ.