As mentioned in the name it is a chronic disease which affects the liver disabling it from its functions. Here the disease affects the normal cells in the liver which leads to scarring of the liver. This condition leaves the liver with an abnormal and scarred liver tissue.


The liver is the largest organ in our body with many functions. As the cells in the liver are injured or scarred an inflammation occurs which chokes the flow of blood through this organ.

The liver has the function of producing proteins and enzymes.


It also helps in fighting infections, cleaning blood, also helps in digesting food and a storage for energy which can be used any time. It is a life-threatening disease which has taken many lives and left them with high and dry with heft hospital bills. The damage is caused by the toxins, metabolic problems, chronic viral hepatitis or any other causes.

Some of the causes for having this disease is the excess consumption of alcohol or we can say a abuse of alcohol, through chronic viral hepatatis (hepatitis B, C or D), autoimmune hepatitis which destructs the liver cells, drugs or toxins and infections, blocakge of bile duts which damages the liver tissue, through inheritance of diseases lek hemochromatosis , wilson's disease, protoporphyria, so one should get proper check up done to diaganose as there has been cases where without the thorough check up it wont be detected.

Some of the changes in your routine can make a lot of a difference to avoid such a deadly disease. Eat healthy, stay healthy, have a good health regime to ward off all the possibilites of such diseases. Avoid alchohol completely which mainly is the reason for being affected by such disease. Stay away from drugs and get a complete check up done on yourself to be on the safer side.

What is cirrhosis of the liver? Cirrhosis of the liver is complications from many diseases that cause the liver to degenerate. The liver and cells of the liver try to fight this degeneration and produce new liver cells. This new generation of cells amidst the scar tissue of the old dead cells is the cirrhosis of the liver.

What is cirrhosis of the liver caused by? The liver starts to fail to do its job in the human body. The liver is supposed to remove toxic waste from the body and at the same time, even regulate supply of glucose and lipids to the other organs. As cirrhosis of the liver starts, the liver cannot do its job as well and slowly affects the working of the entire body.

Liver cirrhosis is caused by outside chemicals, mainly alcohol, viruses, toxic metals and autoimmune breakdown. The symptoms of liver cirrhosis are usually not very visible or distinct. The main symptoms of the cirrhosis of the liver include jaundice and yellowing of skin, fatigue and weakness, loss of appetite, itchiness and bruising.

The prognosis for cirrhosis of the liver is done with a liver biopsy. There are certain risks associated with this as the liver tends to be in a delicate state during cirrhosis. Since cirrhosis is usually caused by some other underlying disease that is not letting the liver function as it should, diagnosing that disease can also help diagnose cirrhosis of the liver. For example, prolonged intakes of alcohol or patients with chronic viral hepatitis B or C have a higher chance of getting cirrhosis of the liver. As the liver and spleen inflame the doctor can feel it by pressing the area. This action would also cause the patient some amount pain.

The treatment for cirrhosis of the liver is usually done in phases. First step is to prevent further damage to the liver. The second step is to treat the complications from the disease that has caused the cirrhosis. Third step is checking for liver cancer which is a big possibility in the advanced stage of liver cirrhosis and the final step is liver transplantation. In order to prevent further damage you can follow a specific diet. The diet for cirrhosis for the liver is a strict one. The diet has to be a balanced diet, with additional multivitamins. You need to avoid alcohol and drugs completely.

To treat the complications that resulted in liver cirrhosis, the doctors would need to treat the various illnesses. Diuretics help eliminate the excess salt and water from the patient’s body while shunts are added to main veins to reduce the pressure on liver. Depending on which complication triggered the cirrhosis, drugs are given accordingly to clean up the system.

Advanced cirrhosis of the liver is a very acute state. The immune system is considerably weakened when patients have advanced cirrhosis of the liver. The symptoms for advanced cirrhosis of the liver include all symptoms of liver damaged by liver cirrhosis. Along with that the patient can also be affected by esophageal bleeding, which can be very painful.

The life expectancy with cirrhosis of the liver can be short as the liver is a very important organ for the human body. If the damage to your liver is because of excessive consumption of alcohol, chances are you can reverse some of the damage if you completely stop drinking. But if the damage is caused by another disease, then your life expectancy is likely to remain short. Life expectancy in cases of advanced cirrhosis of the liver is further shortened as in an advanced state, only a liver transplantation helps. If there is no available transplant organ, then patients chances of survival are almost nil.