I’m going through the same thing with my husband. He just came home Tuesday night and I have hospice helping out. He is already getting to where he can’t walk hardly. People keep talking about a liver transplant but my doc. said my husband wasn’t a candidate because he has cancer. But my husband drank alot when he was younger. He has been on alot of pain medicines. Along with meds for blood pressure and cholesterol. I think the cholesterol drugs caused this cirrohsis. He was taking to much at one time but thats what the doctor told him and it started scarring his liver. And later they changed it and he started getting jaundice and thats how they found the cancer. He also has blood clots from his heart to his liver. His liver isn’t functioning right along with his kidneys. I wish you luck with your friend.

Hepatitis C, a sexually transmitted disease, is often initially asymptomatic. Hepatitis C causes cirrhosis if the infected person drinks alcholic beverages in quantities that would not harm an uninfected person. It also causes liver cancer.

Your friend definitely should not drink any alcohol for the rest of his life. Also, he might ask his doctor about Interferon injections which strengthen the body’s immune system. A liver transplant is probably the best long term solution.

God bless.

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 etiology

There 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.

Excessive use of pain killers can cause cirrhosis as can hepatitis C.

You don’t mention the age of your friend. If he is young I am amazed he was not placed on a list for liver.

He must have other health problems or surely he would be on the list.

Very sorry for your friend and it is good that he has you to care about him.

i thought alchol was the major cause of liver damage and if his doctor sent him home to die only thing i can recomend is try to get a liver transplant.

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