most people who are chronic alcoholics will develop this dreadful disease in their lifetime.
Answer 2- It is actually estimated that only 10-20% of chronic alcoholics will develop the disease over the course of more than a decade of heavy drinking due to the multitude of factors involved. Nutrition, age, sex, quantity of alcohol consumed, duration of alcohol consumption, etc., are all thought to play a role as is a biological predisposition to the detrimental effects of alcohol consumption.
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Cirrhosis
Cirrhosis
He died of cirrhosis of the liver caused by long term Alcoholism.
Sulphasalazine, which is an inexpensive and readily available pharmaceutical, holds promise for reversing cirrhosis of the liver.
ask your DR. if you dont have one ... get one
It is cirrhosis without any symptoms
A person with cirrhosis of the liver can live for many years until they receive a transplant. The chances of survival prior to a transplant depend on the person's ability to get treatment. If a person with cirrhosis does not get a transplant, they will die.
It is difficult to give precise life expectancy but for Child's B: One year survival = 81% Two year survival = 57%
Cirrhosis is the final stage of liver disease (before death). There is only one level of cirrhosis, which is "bad", since cirrhosis is progressive and non-reverisble. The stage before cirrhosis is called "fibrosis", which you could classify is "not as bad".
Once a liver has developed cirrhosis, there is no way to reverse the damage. The only "cure" for cirrhosis is liver transplant.
It represents 15-20% of all cirrhosis