There is no timeline: Betty, there are several causes of cirrhosis. Depending upon what the mode of liver injury is, there can be variation in timeline. Typically, it is a long process because cirrhosis means fibrosis of healthy live tissue after significant damage. But there is no way to find out how long it will take exactly. In addition to variability in causes, host immune system etc also cause variability. Dr Dar
Answered 8/4/2014
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Depends: depends on the cause of cirrhosis, but often as long as 30-40 years. if there are multiple risk factors like viral hepatitis *and* alcohol *and* certain drugs - can be a lot less time.
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