Dictionary

statin drugs: Popular cholesterol-reducing medications, statin drugs prevent the liver from producing a substance necessary to make cholesterol.
 
tremors: Involuntary shaking; a symptom of severe cirrhosis.
 
ultrasound: A diagnostic technique that uses sound waves to create images of internal organs in the body.
 
vitamin B deficiency: Developed by many cirrhosis sufferers due to the liver not processing and using vitamins and minerals well.
 
Wilson's disease: Excess amounts of copper are stored by the body and cause hepatotoxicity and brain dysfunctions; a cause of cirrhosis of the liver.