In general, aggressive treatment of liver abscesses can lead to healing of the disease without affecting the patient’s survival period. However, the complication of septic shock may lead to the patient’s death in the short term.
Liver abscess is a purulent inflammation of the liver caused by pathogenic bacterial infection, which is generally categorized into bacterial liver abscess and amoebic liver abscess, with the former being more common. Liver abscesses can be cured with aggressive anti-infective treatment or surgery after diagnosis. Early diagnosis and treatment of liver abscesses have a better prognosis and generally do not affect the patient’s life expectancy.
However, if the patient himself suffers from serious underlying diseases or liver abscess is complicated by severe complications such as sepsis, the prognosis is poorer, and even death occurs within 1 week.
Therefore, the treatment principle of liver abscess is early diagnosis and early treatment. Try to make positive treatment for early liver abscess to avoid unnecessary harm caused by serious complications.