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Liver Cirrhosis
Cirrhosis is scarring of the liver and poor liver function as a result of chronic liver disease.
Total Cord Blood Transplants
| 1988 | 01 |
|---|---|
| 2008 | 15000 |
Causes
- Autoimmune inflammation of the liver
- Long-term alcohol abuse (see alcoholic liver disease)
- Disorders of the drainage system of the liver (the biliary system)
- Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis C infection
- Medications
- Metabolic disorders of iron and copper (hemochromatosis and Wilson's disease)
Symptoms
- Bleeding hemorrhoids
- Confusion
- Impotence and loss of interest in sex
- Jaundice
- Nausea and vomiting
- Small, red spider-like blood vessels on the skin
- Swelling of the legs
- Vomiting blood
- Weakness
- Weight loss
Stem Cell FactsLiver Disorders
In October 2006, scientists at Newcastle University created the first ever artificial liver cells by using umbilical cord blood Stem Cells.
Other symptoms that may occur with this disease:
- Abdominal indigestion
- Abdominal pain
- Breast development in males (gynecomastia)
- Decreased urine output
- Fevers
- Nosebleed or bleeding gums
- Overall swelling
- Pale or clay colored stools
Symptoms may develop gradually or there may be no symptoms.
Causes & Symptoms
Cirrhosis is scarring of the liver and poor liver function as a result of chronic liver disease.
Total Cord Blood Transplants
| 1988 | 01 |
|---|---|
| 2008 | 15000 |
Causes
- Autoimmune inflammation of the liver
- Long-term alcohol abuse (see alcoholic liver disease)
- Disorders of the drainage system of the liver (the biliary system)
- Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis C infection
- Medications
- Metabolic disorders of iron and copper (hemochromatosis and Wilson's disease)
Symptoms
- Bleeding hemorrhoids
- Confusion
- Impotence and loss of interest in sex
- Jaundice
- Nausea and vomiting
- Small, red spider-like blood vessels on the skin
- Swelling of the legs
- Vomiting blood
- Weakness
- Weight loss
Stem Cell FactsLiver Disorders
In October 2006, scientists at Newcastle University created the first ever artificial liver cells by using umbilical cord blood Stem Cells.
Other symptoms that may occur with this disease:
- Abdominal indigestion
- Abdominal pain
- Breast development in males (gynecomastia)
- Decreased urine output
- Fevers
- Nosebleed or bleeding gums
- Overall swelling
- Pale or clay colored stools
Symptoms may develop gradually or there may be no symptoms.
Medical Tests
Symptoms can be easily determined with physical examinations. Blood tests will give a clear picture of the extent of damage to the liver and the course of treatment to be followed.
During a physical examination the health care provider may find:
- An enlarged liver or spleen
- Excess breast tissue
- Excess fluid in the tissues lining the abdomen (ascites)
- Expanded (distended) abdomen
- Reddened palms
- Red spider-like blood vessels on the skin
- Smaller (contracted) fingers
- Small testicles in men
- Widened (dilated) veins in the abdomen wall
- Yellow eyes or skin (jaundice)
Tests can reveal liver problems including:
- Anemia (detected on a CBC)
- Coagulation abnormalities
- Elevated liver enzymes
- Elevated bilirubin
- Low serum albumin
- Enlarged liver (seen with an abdominal x-ray or Ultrasonography)
- Alpha-fetoprotein
- Cholesterol test
- Complement
- Renin
- Serum magnesium test
- Liver biopsy confirms cirrhosis
Conventional Treatment
Treatment attempts to manage the complications of cirrhosis and prevent further liver damage, rather than treat the primary disease.
It may include stopping certain medications and alcohol that caused the problem.
Other treatment options are available for the complications of cirrhosis:
- Bleeding varices - upper endoscopy with banding and sclerosis
- Excess abdominal fluid (ascites) - diuretics, restrict fluid and salt, and remove fluid (paracentesis)
- Coagulopathy - blood products or vitamin K
- Encephalopathy - lactulose medication and antibiotics
- Infections - antibiotics
If cirrhosis progresses and becomes life-threatening, a liver transplant should be considered.
Stem Cell Therapy
Numerous clinical trials are going on all over the world, including India using stem cells from various sources.
We, at ReeCure offer you therapy using stem cells using our proprietary technology.
These stem cells could be of various types viz. Hematopoietic (CD 34+), Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) that are processed and isolated using Good Manufacturing (GMP) and Good Lab Practices (GLP) and in accordance with AABB standards. These stem cells are procured from various sources including bone marrow, cord blood fat etc. as per the requirement of the patient.
After years of extensive research and systematic compilation and collation of relevant data (through its research division), ReeLabs is now supremely confident of not only reversing the disease process of the affected patient but also improving the quality of life manifold. Stem cells produced by ReeLabs are completely safe, non-toxic, easy to administer and totally devoid of side effects with an excellent probability of homing and engraftment with parent cell, tissue or organ. The eminent panel of scientists and researchers at ReeLabs work exhaustively to design accurate treatment protocols that have yielded excellent results in most cases.
Conventional therapy offers little hope for patients suffering from cirrhosis. The only available therapy currently employed is liver transplant.
The disadvantages of liver transplant are:
- Expensive
- Paucity of donors
- Possibility of graft rejection
- Infection
Stem cell therapy can be used in patients with
- Hepatitis B & C
- Alcoholic cirrhosis
- Primary Biliary Cirrhosis
- Auto-Immune Cirrhosis
- Other types of Cirrhosis
Patients at stage of Hepatitis progressing to cirrhosis should also undergo therapy using stem cells. Stem cell therapy has provided patients of cirrhosis a renewed lease of life.


