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My father has cirrhosis, how can we treat this?
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Depends: Cirrhosis can be "compensated" or "decompensated"-- like fluid build up in your abdominal cavity (ascites), confusion (hepatic encephalopathy), bleeding varices, liver cancer (HCC). You could have easy bruising, fatigue and jaundice (elevated bilirubin) as well. With some of the above, life expectancy can be lower, but transplant can fix this! See a liver doctor who can discuss the above with you
Answered 1/14/2016
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