Cirrhosis

What Is It?

Published: February, 2019

No body organ performs a wider variety of essential jobs than the liver. It:

  • Produces essential proteins that help blood to clot
  • Removes or neutralizes poisons, drugs and alcohol
  • Manufactures bile that helps the body to absorb fats and cholesterol
  • Helps to maintain normal blood sugar levels
  • Regulates several hormones

Cirrhosis is a disease in which normal liver cells are replaced by scar tissue, which interferes with all of these important functions. In extreme cases, the damage is so severe that the only solution is a liver transplant.

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