I have a male family member age 54, with liver cirrhosis, was close to dying 3 yrs ago with chronic acities, encelopathy and had dropped to a low weight of 125 lbs. he stopped drinking for a couple hrs but relapsed almost 1 yr ago. His hepatic encelopathy has gotten worse, and now has chronic bleeding Varices and ending up in hospital about every 4 weeks. His hemoglobin drops to 6.5 each time and after 3 days and 3 blood transfusions gets the level up to 8. His bilirubin is up around 3 and His Child Pugh score is floating around a 9-10. He has continued to drink and has had 4 episodes of severe bleeds in as many months. How much more can his system handle before his liver or other organs fail?
Hi there, Thanks for using Chat Doctor. His liver has already failed. That is why he is developing all these symptoms. Encephalopathy is the brain failing to function properly. Cirrhosis can cause many complications. It can affect the functioning of brain, kidneys, lungs and heart. His CTP score of 9-10 indicates his disease has gone worse. It is unfortunate, and I am sorry to tell you that the outcome is not good.