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Cirrhosis (cont.)

Medical Author:
Jeffrey A Gunter, MD
Coauthor:
Erik D Barton, MD, MS
Medical Editor:
Scott H Plantz, MD, FAAEM
Medical Editor:
Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD
Medical Editor:
Steven L Bernstein, MD

Outlook

Your recovery depends on the cause of your cirrhosis and whether you are able to remove or stop the cause. Liver transplantation remains the best treatment, but livers are available for very few people.

Only 50 percent of people with severe alcoholic cirrhosis survive 2 years, and only 35 percent survive 5 years. Quitting drinking alcohol will slow the progress of the disease and may prevent complications. Your chance of recovery worsens after the onset of complications.

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Cirrhosis of the Liver - Treatment

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Cirrhosis represents the final common histologic pathway for a wide variety of chronic liver diseases. The term cirrhosis was first introduced by Laennec in 1826.

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