liver cirrhosis is a disease that occurs when there is an irreversible scarring of the liver and a permanent loss of liver cells it is becoming more and more common with about 10 lakh new patients being diagnosed with liver cirrhosis every year in india alone the primary causes of the disease included hepatitis b and c till some time ago but now it is primarily due to alcohol abuse and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease we are witnessing a paradigmatic shift in the dynamics of this disease as it is now on the verge of becoming one of the most common lifestyle diseases in the country the more common causes that are alcohol abuse and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease are easily preventable by modifications in ones lifestylethe symptoms of the disease include loss of appetite weakness easy bruising yellowing of skin fatigue and itching the patients body may also face complications such as ascites fluid buildup in the abdominal cavity spontaneous bacterial peritonitis hepatic encephalopathy increased chances of variceal bleeding and other infections however one in every three patients may not show any symptomsa liver biopsy can show the condition of ones liver and if they need treatment the treatment for liver cirrhosis basically includes preventing further damage to the liver treating the complications that are associated with the occurrence of the disease and detecting or preventing liver cancer patients whose liver has undergone a lot of damage may need a liver transplantation but the situation of liver demand and supply in our country is very grim in north india close to 97 per cent of liver transplants are living donor liver transplants only the remaining 3 per cent transplants are cadaver after brain death transplants our country needs to develop a more radical outlook towards organ donation to help people suffering from liver cirrhosis and other diseases that need transplantliver cirrhosis causesliver cirrhosis can develop due to other liver conditions that you have many a times a cirrhotic liver is also a cause of an unidentified cause the causes of liver cirrhosis are explained below1 excessive alcohol consumptionif one consumes alcohol every day and over the prescribed quantity their chances of developing a liver disease increase by at least 30 per cent the amount of alcohol that one should consume is different for different people however studies have shown that women shouldnt drink more than a drink a day and men below the age of 65 shouldnt drink more than two drinks a day chronic alcohol consumption can lead to liver disorders such as fatty liver disease fatty liver with inflammation or to cirrhosis2 nonalcoholic fatty liver disease nafldthis refers to a range of liver related diseases that have one thing in common the accumulation of fat in the liver nonalcoholic here refers to the fact that it occurs in individuals who do not consume excessive alcohol but the diseases symptoms are very similar to the liver disease that occurs due to excessive alcohol nafld is associated with conditions