ʻO Cirrhosis kahi maʻi i hōʻike ʻia e ka hoʻololi mālie o ke akepaʻa olakino e nā nodule a me nā mea fibrous (fibrosis) e hoʻololi mālie i ka hana ate. He maʻi nui a holomua ia.

ʻO nā Cirrhosis ka hopena pinepine mai hōʻino ʻia o ke ake mau loa, no ka laʻana ma muli o ka inu rama loa a i ʻole ka maʻi ʻino me ka maʻi maʻi (hepatitis B a i ʻole C).

ʻO kēia mumū mau a hōʻino paha, kahi e kumu ai a liʻiliʻi paha nā hōʻailona no ka manawa lōʻihi, hopena i nā cirrhosis hiki ʻole ke hoʻohuli hou ʻia, kahi e luku ai i nā hunaola ate. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻo ka cirrhosis ka pae kiʻekiʻe o kekahi mau maʻi akepaʻa mau.

ʻO wai ka mea i hoʻopili ʻia?

Ma Farani, ka laha o maʻiʻeha ua koho ʻia ma kahi o 2 a 000 mau hihia i ka miliona miliona (3-300%), a ua manaʻo ʻia aia he 0,2-0,3 mau hihia hou no kēlā me kēia miliona miliona i kēlā me kēia makahiki. I ka hōʻuluʻulu, ma kahi o 150 ka poʻe e luhi ʻia e ka cirrhosis ma Palani, a he 200 a 700 paha mau make i kēlā me kēia makahiki e pili ana i kēia ʻano.¹.

ʻAʻole ʻike ʻia ka laha honua ʻana o ka maʻi, akā puni ia i nā kiʻi like ma ʻAmelika ʻĀkau a me nā ʻāina Komohana e like me Palani. ʻAʻohe kikoʻī epidemiological kikoʻī no Kanada, akā ʻike ʻia ka cirrhosis e pepehi ma kahi o 2600 Kanada ma kēlā me kēia makahiki.². ʻOi aku ka maʻamau o kēia ʻano ma ʻApelika a me ʻAsia, kahi e laha nui ai ka maʻi hepatitis B a me C a mālama pinepine ʻole ʻia hoʻi nā maʻi.³.

Kuhi ʻia ka hōʻike ma ka awelika ma waena o nā makahiki o 50 a me 55.