How to Treat Cirrhosis?
Medical Treatment:
- Lifestyle changes are crucial and most often, that is all required. Avoid alcohol if it is alcoholic cirrhosis, lose weight, regular exercise, etc
- Balanced Diet with less salt
- For viral hepatitis, antiviral medication is required
- Symptomatic treatment. Diuretics for Leg swelling, blood pressure medications to reduce portal hypertension
- Complications like bleeding veins in oesophagus are treated with endoscopy. If it is failed, then interventional radiology treatment called TIPSS
- Brain dysfunction is treated with Lactulose syrup. Worst cases may need antibiotic Rifaximin
- Fluid in the tummy or chest is treated with diuretics, less salt and if resistant, percutaneous drainage. Recurrent fluid collections may need TIPSS
- Any bleeding will need Vitamin K and Fresh frozen plasma
- Liver transplant is the ultimate and definitive treatment