Cirrhosis cuta ce da ke faruwa sannu -sannu a sauƙaƙe maye gurbin ƙwayar hanta mai lafiya ta hanyar nodules da fibrous nama (fibrosis) wanda a hankali yake canza hanta aiki. Ciwo ne mai tsanani da cigaba.

Cirrhosis galibi yana faruwa ne daga lalacewar hanta na kullum, misali saboda yawan shan barasa ko kamuwa da ƙwayar cuta (hepatitis B ko C).

Wannan kumburi mai ɗorewa ko lalacewa, wanda ke haifar da ƙarancin alamun cutar ko kuma na dogon lokaci, a ƙarshe yana haifar da cirrhosis mara juyawa, wanda ke lalata ƙwayoyin hanta. A zahiri, cirrhosis shine matakin ci gaba na wasu cututtukan hanta na yau da kullun.

Wanene ya shafi?

A Faransa, yawan yaɗuwar cirrhosis An kiyasta kusan mutane 2 zuwa 000 a kowace miliyan (3-300%), kuma an kiyasta cewa akwai sabbin maganganu 0,2-0,3 a kowace miliyan a kowace shekara. Gaba ɗaya, kusan mutane 150 ke fama da cutar cirrhosis a Faransa, kuma mutuwar 200 zuwa 700 a kowace shekara da ke da alaƙa da wannan yanayin ana baƙin ciki.¹.

Ba a san yaduwar cutar a duniya ba, amma tana shafar adadi iri ɗaya a Arewacin Amurka da ƙasashen Yammacin Turai kamar na Faransa. Babu takamaiman bayanan cutar ta Kanada, amma an san cirrhosis yana kashe kusan 'yan Kanada 2600 kowace shekara². Wannan yanayin ya fi zama ruwan dare a Afirka da Asiya, inda cutar hepatitis B da C ke yaɗuwa kuma galibi galibi ba a sarrafa su.³.

Ana gano cutar a matsakaita tsakanin shekarun 50 zuwa 55.