A member asked:

Husband has alcoholic cirrhosis and still drinks. he doesn't have varices or ascites but takes medicine to control ammonia. do varices always happen?

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Dr. Herman Hammerstead answered

Specializes in Trauma Surgery

Eventually: May go into liver failure without bleeding. What Child= Pugh class is he. Sounds like dead man walking. Get him to stop drinking

Answered 1/16/2016

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