A 50-year-old male chronic drinker, presented in medical OPD with intermittent fever, epistaxis, ankle edema, indigestion, abdominal pain and palmar erythema. What is he suffering from based on clinical findings?
  1. Compensated cirrhosis
  2. Decompensated cirrhosis
  3. Acute fulminant hepatitis
  4. Cholecystitis
Explanation
Answer: A - According to the symptoms presented, he is suffering from compensated cirrhosis because alcohol is the cause of cirrhosis. Other features of compensated cirrhosis are intermittent fever, epistaxis, ankle edema, palmar erythema.
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