The survival period of patients with fatty liver varies from person to person. Early patients with fatty liver can be completely cured through effective treatment, but when it develops to cirrhosis, and cirrhosis decompensated stage, it is easy to jeopardize the patient’s life. Fatty liver is a common chronic liver injury disease in clinic, and the occurrence of this disease is related to obesity, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, drugs and other factors. The survival period of patients is very much related to the treatment and physical condition of patients, and the survival period of different patients varies greatly due to the different factors such as the subsequent development of the disease and the control of the disease. Early fatty liver patients can be completely cured by controlling diet, strengthening exercise and other measures; but when the patient’s fatty liver aggravates and develops to the decompensated stage of cirrhosis, the patient’s survival will be greatly affected, which is often accompanied by gastrointestinal hemorrhage, hepatic encephalopathy, ascites and other complications, which may easily endanger the patient’s life. Fatty liver patients are recommended to be actively treated under the guidance of a doctor to avoid delaying their condition.