Early manifestations of hepatic coma

Hepatic coma, also known as hepatic encephalopathy, is a complication of severe cirrhosis. When this serious liver disease occurs, late-stage patients will be drowsy, always unable to wake up, and the body is completely uncontrollable. This situation needs to be reasonably improved and resolved in normal times. In terms of diet, pay attention to supplementing vitamins and eating more foods that can regulate the body.

What are the signs of hepatic coma?

Hepatic encephalopathy is one of the common serious complications of severe hepatitis, cirrhosis, and late-stage liver cancer. If not discovered and treated in time, it can seriously endanger the patient's life. Therefore, patients with cirrhosis and liver cancer and their families need to promptly understand the signs of hepatic encephalopathy so that they can detect abnormalities in time, provide targeted treatment or care in time, and prevent disease pathology.

Learn more about the signs of hepatic coma?

In the early stages of hepatic coma, the main manifestations are mild personality changes, behavioral disorders, and relative decline in orientation and comprehension. Common symptoms include agitation or indifference, depression or euphoria, hyperactivity or slow movement, untidy clothing or abnormal urination and defecation. The patient should be taken to the hospital for examination and treatment in time without delay.

Hepatic coma mainly occurs in patients with cirrhosis and mid-to-late stage liver cancer. Common causes include high-protein diet, massive diuresis or ascites, massive upper gastrointestinal bleeding, azotemia, sedatives, infection and hypoxia, surgery, anesthesia, constipation or uremia, etc. It is more common in various types of cirrhosis and after portosystemic shunt surgery. Therefore, in order to effectively reduce the incidence of hepatic coma, patients with cirrhosis and patients undergoing portosystemic shunt surgery need to take preventive measures in time and actively avoid the occurrence of the above-mentioned adverse inducing factors. Acute hepatic coma often occurs in patients with acute liver failure, and they can often quickly enter a coma due to acute massive hepatocyte necrosis. Patients still need to take protective measures in time.