The Mayo Clinic explains each time your liver is injured it tries to repair itself. In the process, scar tissue forms.
It states: “As cirrhosis progresses, more and more scar tissue forms, making it difficult for the liver to function (decompensated cirrhosis). Advanced cirrhosis is life-threatening.
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“The liver damage done by cirrhosis generally can’t be undone. But if liver cirrhosis is diagnosed early and the cause is treated, further damage can be limited and, rarely, reversed.”
It adds: “Cirrhosis often has no signs or symptoms until liver damage is extensive.”
Source: Daily Express
