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Digestive & GastrointestinalSevere
Portal Hypertension
Hepatology · Digestive & Gastrointestinal
Severe
Severity
Common as a complication of advanced liver disease — frequently seen in patients with cirrhosis
Prevalence
No
Contagious
Hepatology
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🔬Causes & Risk Factors
- 1Most commonly caused by liver cirrhosis from chronic hepatitis
- 2alcohol use
- 3or fatty liver disease
- 4which distorts the liver's internal blood vessels and obstructs normal blood flow. Less common causes include blood clots in the portal vein itself
- 5or conditions affecting the blood vessels leading out of the liver. Any condition that significantly scars or obstructs the liver's blood supply can lead to portal hypertension over time.
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