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A member asked:
Do doctors see a lot of patients with cirrhosis?
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Cirrhosis: Gastroenterologist or hepatologist will see a cirrhosis patient after pcp referral.
Answered 2/18/2012
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Yes: May be secondary to excessive alcoholic beverages or due to chronic hepatitis b or c or sometimes no cause is found. Usually the gastroenterologist treat them or hepatologists ( liver specialists).
Answered 2/16/2012
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Yes: Anesthesiologists often see patients with cirrhosis, particularly for emergency surgery, liver transplant or tips. Liver failure can be extremely difficult to manage because of how other organ systems are also affected. Also most meds we use are broken down abnormally by a cirrhotic liver.
Answered 9/28/2016
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Yes we do... : as liver doctors, anyway. about 1/2 million people in the US have cirrhosis, and many more chronic liver disease.
Answered 7/19/2019
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