Is liver puncture of cirrhosis harmful to the body

First of all, liver puncture needles are safe and harmless.

Liver biopsy is very important for understanding the etiology and pathogenesis of liver diseases, diagnosis and treatment. However, because the liver is a solid organ, many people think that puncture is harmful to the body, so patients with bad liver diseases can not do it, they hope to use other examination instead.

Liver puncture is both an examination and a treatment. Liver puncture should be considered when clinically encountering some undiagnosed liver diseases, such as those who are difficult to be diagnosed as hepatitis, or those who need pathological examination to assist classification; Long-term low-fever cases, which are caused by liver disease and have been ruled out by comprehensive examination; Hepatomegaly and/or splenomegaly of unknown cause, or need to be differentiated from liver tuberculosis, fatty liver and other diseases; The liver damage caused by virus and drugs is unknown. In addition, liver abscess patients can be extracted through liver puncture pus, but also through puncture needle injection drug treatment, so that part of the patient from the pain of surgery.

After liver puncture, some patients will have temporary pain in the liver area or the pain in the liver puncture site, but the general reaction is mild and does not need to be treated. After 24 days, it can be relieved by itself. At present, some hospitals use fine needle puncture guided by B-ultrasound, which has the advantages of small damage and accurate positioning, especially suitable for determining the nature of intrahepatic space-occupying diseases.

Some people think that liver puncture damage "vitality", so when doctors propose to do liver puncture, they are often nervous and worried, and often feel uncomfortable in one way or another after surgery. When doctors explain to patients in detail, the discomfort will disappear quickly, which shows that mental factors account for a large proportion. However, if the patient has bleeding tendency or other contraindications, it should be slow to do or not do

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