Is swelling of the feet due to cirrhosis of the liver serious?

Cirrhosis is a clinically serious liver disease that gradually develops from various liver diseases through a chronic process. The severity of cirrhosis cannot be assessed from swollen feet alone. This is because many causes can cause swollen feet, such as heart disease, kidney failure, and other causes of hypoproteinemia. The severity of cirrhosis can be divided into decompensated stage and compensated stage. The compensated stage belongs to the early stage of cirrhosis, where the clinical symptoms are relatively mild or even no clinical symptoms, and the physical and chemical tests are generally normal, only the early symptoms of cirrhosis on the ultrasound. In the decompensated stage of cirrhosis, in addition to liver lesions, there will be bleeding from the nasal mucosa and gums caused by abnormal platelets and clotting mechanism, and other lesions such as ascites, gastric fundus and esophageal varices. If the swelling of the feet is caused by loss of hepatic compensation, the cirrhosis is advanced and can be very serious. If the swollen feet are caused by other reasons, it is not related to cirrhosis.