Major complications of post-hepatitis B cirrhosis

Patients with post-hepatitis B cirrhosis can develop related complications, which include upper gastrointestinal bleeding, infection, water-electrolyte balance disorder, hepatic encephalopathy, hepatorenal syndrome, primary liver cancer, hepatopulmonary syndrome, etc. For patients with post-hepatitis B cirrhosis, complications are generally considered to be decompensated, and the most common complication is upper gastrointestinal bleeding, which is also one of the most important causes of death in cirrhosis. Its mainly caused by the rupture of esophagogastric fundic varices and bleeding, most patients have a large amount of bleeding, which can easily lead to life-threatening hemorrhagic shock in a short period of time. Therefore, such complications need to be actively treated, otherwise there is a risk of life-threatening.