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How long a person can live with liver cirrhosis and heptic encephalopathy? Liver cirrhosis with fluid build up and increased level of ammonia in which stage of cirrhosis it comes?
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Hepatic encephalopathy with cirrhosis needs transplant.
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consult liver transplant department
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This becomes Decompensated CLD. The only curative treatment is Liver transplantation in such cases. Medical management has limited success and poorer outcomes compared to Liver transplantation. Post liver transplantation, patient can have near normal life.
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Should be evaluated by a liver transplant specialist
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Dr. Pradeep Kumar
GastroIntestinal Surgeon
17 yrs exp
New Delhi
The person requires liver transplant following a proper evaluation of the patient. She is actually in the decompensated stage of liver disease that is end stage of liver disease which has really high mortality. But she requires liver supportive therapy and still further evaluation needed to properly quantify the disease process.
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