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Q: How long can you live with 20 percent liver function?
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Can a person live life with 10 percent of a none cirrohsis liver?

My gastro said I could live a long healthy life with only 10% of a none cirrohsis liver he said he knew people who lived a very good life with only 5 percent of a none damaged liver.


Can you get better from cirrhosis of the liver and live 10 years plus?

Cirrhosis of the liver involves irreversible damage. The only treatment is abstaining from alcohol, and supporting liver function by not stressing it in other ways. It is possible to live for long periods with liver damage, provided that it is not too far advanced.


How long can a person live without liver function?

Liver is a lovely organ that seldom complains. Once it complains there starts the real trouble. Please love your liver and care for it. Once your liver becomes dysfunctional you have to transplant it. And transplanting liver costs you a tremendous lot.


What is the function of the liver in drugs?

There is no function of the liver to drugs, but rather drugs affect the liver. My grandma has been on drugs for so long that now her liver is failing.


How long can you live without a liver and doctors saying all they can do is make you comfortable?

You Cant Live Without Your Liver!


When the liver fails how long before the liver shuts down?

Estimated life expectancy's with liver failure are estimated with the Child-Pugh score. You may find the related link helpful. It really depends upon when it is found out that the liver is "failing" as to how long it is before the liver completely fails. If is is noticed early that the liver is slowly losing function, and at a stable rate, it can still be years before the liver completely ceases to function.


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Why can a reduced-size liver transplant succeed?

Liver tissue grows to accommodate its function so long as there is initially enough of the organ to use.


Your friend is suffering from acute liver shutdown and now his kidneys are failing Can he live long enough to hope for a liver transplant?

There is no way to say for sure, and his doctor has the best idea how long he will live.


Can a person live without your liver?

You could but not for very long as your liver filters everything your body doesn't need


How long can a person live with liver damage?

Depends on how much damage.