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How does someone develop cirrhosis of the liver?
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Chronic liver diseas: The most common causes of cirrhosis are chronic excessive alcohol use, chronic infection with hepatitis c, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, hepatitis b, primary biliary cirrhosis, autoimmune hepatitis and others.
Answered 4/11/2013
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Usually inflammation: by having chronic inflammation of the liver - due to viral hepatitis, alcohol, excessive fat or autoimmune diseases. this results in scarring = cirrhosis.
Answered 7/16/2014
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