You are a physician and one of your patients has cirrhosis, a disease in which scar tissue forms in the liver.Which condition might result from cirrhosis?
A) Inadequate production of platelets
B) Excessive bleeding
C) Inadequate production of red blood cells
D) Extremely rapid clot formation
E) Inadequate production of hemoglobin by red blood cells

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Cirrhosis can lead to excessive bleeding due to impaired liver function affecting the production of clotting factors, which are essential for blood clotting.

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