Moreover presence of insulin resistance and diabetes are risk factors for fibrosis progression and nonresponse to antiviral therapy in chronic hepatitis C (CHC).
Choanal atresia is often related to the presence of a congenital abnormality and only a few cases involve the occurrence of mucosal fibrosis of the surrounding choana after trauma.
Early diagnosis and treatment is of significance for preventing hepatic fibrosis and hepatic cirrhosis development as well as for improving life quality of hepatopath patients.
Finally, during stage three, lymphostatic elephantiasis, swelling becomes irreversible, and the affected limbs are really large and hardened from fibrosis.
Chronic vesicoureteral reflux can cause pyelonephritis, or inflammation of the kidney, and renal scarring, or fibrosis which damages the kidney tissue.
Instead of injecting themselves, people with conditions like cystic fibrosis, diabetes, and multiple sclerosis might be able to inhale the drugs instead.