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Suggest Treatment For Liver Cirrhosis

Hello. I am on day 34 of harvoni. I have cirrhosis also but do not know what stage. My dr only said early stages. My hec is now undetectable in my blood work. Now is there a possability of the hep c returning and is my liver able to heal itself now that the hep c is being treated? Thank you for any information you can provide. Sincerely, YYYY@YYYY
Thu, 15 Sep 2016
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Hello. If there's no virus detected then your Hep C infection won't return. The liver has the ability to regenerated itself if damaged with liver enzymes returning to normal, but the scarring of cirrhosis cannot be repaired
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Suggest Treatment For Liver Cirrhosis

Hello. If there s no virus detected then your Hep C infection won t return. The liver has the ability to regenerated itself if damaged with liver enzymes returning to normal, but the scarring of cirrhosis cannot be repaired