How can a person have cirrhosis of the liver when they are not a drinker or drug user? -

My mom has portal hypertension and they keep on saying she has cirrhosis but they done a biopsy not that long ago and it was fine, no liver damage or disease. How could this be? She has never drank. She is not a drug abuser. She only takes her blood pressure and water pills. Why?

Cirrhosis is scarring of the liver tissue. This can be caused by hepatitis as well as a bunch of other reasons...check out this wikipedia link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cirrhosis

Any number of factors-viral, chemical, bacterial,parasitic infections(i.e- schistosomiasis-a worm infestation), glycogen storage problems(unregulated diabetes), very high fat diets, gall bladder disease/obstruction, force feeding(in humans, like the way pate is made from duck livers)-yes, most doctors insist only drugs and alcohol. She should have her liver enzymes and fecal/blood microscopic studies to determine the exact cause. Visit naturescorner.com, my website.

can be from other chemicals,viruses,diseases just something that happens in some people

It can t be cirrhosis. You have misunderstood what has been said. Cirrhosis comes after many years of heavy drinking.If there is no liver damage then no cirrhosis.

Other than drugs or alcohol. The biggest contributing factor of Cirrhosis is Hepatitis. She may have been exposed on the job if she works in a heath field or from contact with blood or contaminated foods. The liver and kidneys do a wonderful job at filtering out toxins in our body and if she isn t putting more toxins back in it s most likely due to a pathogen like Hepatitis. Also a key sign of hepatitis will be jaundice a yellowish color to the skin and eye. Keep in mind that just 3,500 mg of acetometaphin quot;tylenolquot; starts irreversible liver damage.

the body is weird i mean i drank loads of beer every day for 5 years after and durring my late teens and early twenties and my liver is fine , also i have a friend who drinks every day for almost 20 years and his liver is good. Then there are people who take care of them selves and they have liver problems, i think genetics play a big part in this . also your mom may have high blood pressure from stress , or poor diet and also bad genetics , if it runs in the family you may get it , but there are medications for this.

liver damage can come from many things including over the counter headache and pain medicines.