Cirrhosis is mainly differentiated from diseases causing ascites and/or abdominal distension, such as constrictive pericarditis and abdominal giant tumor; diseases accompanied by hepatomegaly and splenomegaly, such as congenital hepatic cysts and chronic leukemia; and diseases similar to complications of cirrhosis, such as upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage and gastric cancer, and so on.
1. Differentiate with diseases causing ascites and/or abdominal distension: common diseases include constrictive pericarditis, tuberculous peritonitis, carcinomatous peritonitis, chronic nephritis, and huge tumors in the abdominal cavity, etc., which will lead to ascites and/or abdominal distension and bulging, and therefore need to be differentiated from each other.
2. Differentiate with diseases accompanied by hepatomegaly and splenomegaly: such as chronic hepatitis and primary hepatocellular carcinoma, schistosomiasis, hepatic cysts, congenital liver cysts, and certain hematological diseases involving the liver such as chronic leukemia, etc., all of them will involve or directly invade the liver and spleen, which will lead to hepatomegaly and splenomegaly, and therefore need to be differentiated from each other.
3. Differentiate with similar diseases with complications of liver cirrhosis: such as upper gastrointestinal bleeding, gastric cancer, esophageal cancer and biliary bleeding, gastrointestinal bleeding and coma caused by diabetes mellitus, uremia, drug poisoning, cerebral vascular accident and so on.
If the patient is diagnosed with cirrhosis, the diagnosis should be made with the help of a doctor.