Liver abscess 4cm generally does not affect life expectancy, most patients can survive for a long time, but the abscess rupture may cause infectious shock resulting in several days can die.
Liver abscess is an infected mass formed in the liver, liver abscess common treatment is to use sensitive antibacterial drugs, the infection brought about by the inflammation control can achieve a very good clinical cure, will not threaten the life, there may be some patients need to drain the excessive pus caused by the infection by puncture in order to achieve a better therapeutic effect, in short, liver abscess has a good prognosis, generally will not affect the survival of the period.
However, severe liver abscess that develops into systemic inflammatory changes can lead to infectious shock, or even multi-organ failure leading to death, especially in the elderly and the frail are more likely to occur, and can lead to death within a few days of the onset of the disease. Therefore, once the diagnosis of liver abscess is confirmed, it should be treated as soon as possible, and individualized treatment plan should be determined by a professional doctor.