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What happens when you have biliary cirrhosis?

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Liver failure: Biliary cirrhosis causes progressive damage to the liver. There is fibrosis (hardening) of the substance of the liver, increasing pressure in the blood supply, and slowly damaging the cells. Sepending on the cause of cirrhosis, there is very little that will cause reversal of the damage.

Answered 11/18/2016

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Dr. Joey Bluhm answered

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Depends: The degree or severity of the cirrhosis determines what symptoms are present. Early cirrhosis can not cause any symptom. Severe cirrhosis can cause many symptoms including but not limited to bleeding, fluid build up in the abdomen, turning yellow skin and eyes, death.

Answered 11/25/2013

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