Cirrhosis of the liver

Question 1

What is cirrhosis of the liver?

Answer 1

Scaring of the liver

Question 2

What causes cirrhosi of the liver?

Answer 2

drinking too much alcohol over many years
being infected with hepatitis for a long time, particularly hepatitis C
non-alcoholic steatohepatitis – a more severe form of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, where the liver becomes inflamed as the result of a build-up of excess fat