Strange Cause of Death

bleckie · Post by **bleckie** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 1:31 pm

Hi All

I have a strange one, I have a child who died aged 8 months in 1939 and the cause of death is listed as Cirrhosis of Liver.

Now I don't wish to make light of this but I was allways lead to believe that this was caused by an over indulgence of THE WATER OF LIFE, or is this something totaly different, can anyone enlighten me as I find this one rather strange.

Yours Aye

BruceL

AileenA · Post by **AileenA** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 2:17 pm

Hi BruceL
Found this article on Google,

http://www.springerlink.com/content/clh6668033243771/

Aileen

WilmaM · Post by **WilmaM** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 2:17 pm

No, it's not just caused by Alcohol but seems to be any sort of liver disease that causes the scarring and eventual failure of that organ.

I googled it and came up with several causes in children:

cirrhosis in children often stems from a wide variety of liver disorders, including (but certainly not limited to):

Hepatitis viruses B and C
Autoimmune hepatitis
Inherited diseases:
Glycogen storage disease
Tyrosinemia
Wilson disease
Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency
Cystic fibrosis
Bile duct diseases
Drugs and toxins
Excess vitamin A
Fatty liver disease

Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh

Poor wee mite.

bleckie · Post by **bleckie** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 3:15 pm

Thanks Wilma

This was one unlucky family this one's sister died 17 months later aged 8 months.

Yours Aye
BruceL