Is liver disease treatable?
Depending on the cause of liver disease and the stage of a liver cell failure, different treatment modalities are present. The general rule is that the more advanced liver disease is, the more likely it is that the only treatment is liver transplantation. Patients with cirrhosis will eventually develop liver failure and are placed on transplant lists.
- Causes like viral hepatitis have specific treatments and antiviral medications. Hepatitis B also has a vaccine and hepatitis A only needs supportive therapy and would go away on its own.
- Autoimmune hepatitis can be treated by corticosteroids and immunosuppressive drugs.
- Drug-induced hepatitis usually regresses after stopping the causative drug.
- Fatty liver disease is usually reversible at its early stages with a good diet and medications to lower blood cholesterol.