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my partner has cirhosis of the liver for 5 years now and still binge drinks regulary yesterday he stopped drinking after a week long binge and is vomitting severe bile and it feels like his belly if moving and very painfull when he tries to lie on his left side
hello, i can understand your concern. I am sorry to say but cirrhosis of liver is a irrversible condition. Kindly get a Liver function test, Serum amylase and lipase levels to check for pancreatitis. first and foremost, your partner has to stop consuming alcohol completely. This will further deteriorate the liver cirrhosis. He will have to admitted at a hospital and if pancreatititis is present nothing has be given by mouth and he would be kept on i.v fluids. Liver protective agents like L ornithine L aspartate can be started along with multi vitamins. The definite treatment would be a liver transplantation.
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How Can Liver Cirrhosis Be Treated?
hello, i can understand your concern. I am sorry to say but cirrhosis of liver is a irrversible condition. Kindly get a Liver function test, Serum amylase and lipase levels to check for pancreatitis. first and foremost, your partner has to stop consuming alcohol completely. This will further deteriorate the liver cirrhosis. He will have to admitted at a hospital and if pancreatititis is present nothing has be given by mouth and he would be kept on i.v fluids. Liver protective agents like L ornithine L aspartate can be started along with multi vitamins. The definite treatment would be a liver transplantation. Hope this helps. Thanks for choosing HCM