Sentences with phrase «cirrhosis of the liver means»

Cirrhosis of the liver means it has developed scarring, perhaps from hepatitis or from drinking too much alcohol for too many years.

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Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, meaning a fatty liver caused by excess food rather than excess drink, is now the most common cause of liver disease in the United States, found during autopsy in up to 90 % of obese individuals, and can lead in rare cases to cirrhosis of the liver, cancer of the liver, and death.
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