Liver cirrhosis
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What is liver cirrhosis?
Cirrhosis of the liver is a type of chronic, progressive liver disease in which liver cells are replaced by scar tissue.
Common symptoms reported by people with liver cirrhosis
Common symptoms
How bad it is
What people are taking for it
Common symptom
Thrombocytopenia (low platelet count)
How bad it is
What people are taking for it
Nothing reported yet
Common symptom
Nocturnal urinary incontinence
How bad it is
What people are taking for it
Nothing reported yet
Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
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Treatments taken by people for liver cirrhosis
Treatment name(s)
Type
How many have tried
Tried for
Data from patients with liver cirrhosis, who have ever reported treatments, ordered by their reporting frequency during the last 5 years.
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Compare treatments taken by people with liver cirrhosis
Treatment name(s)
Perceived effectiveness
Side effects
Total evaluations
Tried for
Perceived effectiveness
for liver cirrhosis (4 evaluations)
Side effects
Total evaluations
4
Tried for
liver cirrhosis
(3)
Perceived effectiveness
for liver cirrhosis (1 evaluation)
Side effects
Total evaluations
1
Tried for
liver cirrhosis
(3)
- Major
- Moderate
- Slight
- None
- Can't tell
- Severe
- Moderate
- Mild
- None
Data from patients with liver cirrhosis, who have ever reported treatments, ordered by their reporting frequency during the last 5 years.
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Who has liver cirrhosis on PatientsLikeMe?
- 7 new patients joined this month
- 457 say liver cirrhosis is their primary condition
Age | Proportion | # of patients |
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<20 | 1 | |
20s | 13 | |
30s | 49 | |
40s | 110 | |
50s | 188 | |
60s | 231 | |
70+ | 119 |
Age at first symptom | Proportion | # of patients |
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0-19 years | 3 | |
20-29 years | 11 | |
30-39 years | 24 | |
40-49 years | 50 | |
50-59 years | 32 | |
60-69 years | 16 | |
70+ years | 2 |
Distribution of sex
Sex | Proportion | # of patients |
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Male | 300 | |
Female | 418 |
Diagnosis status | Proportion | # of patients |
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Diagnosed | 236 | |
Not Diagnosed | 9 |
These charts show data from liver cirrhosis patients who have completed their condition history
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