Causes, Risk Factors, And Complications Of Primary Biliary Cholangitis

Cirrhosis

The liver is responsible for the production of blood-clotting proteins and bile, a substance that helps digest vitamins A, E, D, K, dietary fats, and cholesterol. The liver also stores certain vitamins and sugars so the body can use them later. The liver filters the blood of bacteria, wastes, and toxins not filtered out by the kidneys. Cirrhosis develops in the liver when the tissues sustain damage and experience injury repeatedly over an extended duration. Tissues that have been destroyed or damaged are replaced with scar tissue, which cannot function the same as the original liver tissues. The cells of the liver can be damaged by several different processes, including alcohol abuse, autoimmune disorders, viral infections, and primary biliary cholangitis. Primary biliary cholangitis causes bile to back up into the liver and induces high blood pressure in the portal vein, both being processes that are damaging to the cells of the organ.

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