can you die from gastric varices with liver failure and hep b?
A Healthy liver is usually smooth and soft textured. When Inflammation develops because of liver cell damage, the liver enlarges in size and takes on a spongy texture. When the liver cells start to die off, they can no longer do all the functions of the liver and this is known as “liver failure”. As more cells die off, it forms scar tissue inside the liver that blocks the flow of blood through the liver and to the other liver cells…this is the disease known as Cirrhosis of the liver. Varies develop from Portal hypertensions and the liver dying inside the patient. As more cells continue to die off, the disease advances. Soon, the blood can no longer flow well through the liver back to the heart. It backs up into the Portal veins that would normally bring the blood to the liver from the entire abdominal region. This causes pressure in this vessel (known as portal hypertension). It also backs up into collateral vessels that develop and other smaller vessels that may have weak spots and
