03-30-2009, 06:11 PM
Cirrhosis of the liver is caused by drinkingn or sometimes by medications. Cancer of the liver is often secondary to another cancer. If it is cancer your friend needs more information. Have your friend as the doctor about that.Is it cirrhosis or is it Hepatitis? Or Cancer? They all have a different etiologyThere are many kinds of hepititis, one kind sexually transmitted,other kinds are viral or bacterial. Then there is non-specific hepatitis with is usually cause unknown, but often an infection from the gal bladder can spread to the liver. Some liver problems are just scar tissue from past infection.Your Friend needs to learn exactly what sort of liver problems he is having.A"hopeless case"as you described might make him a candidate for a liver transplant.
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