Cirrhosis affects life expectancy. Cirrhosis is a disease of the digestive system, commonly referred to as the hardening of the liver, and is the end pathological stage of many chronic liver diseases. In the decompensated stage of cirrhosis, patients may experience a series of symptoms, such as nausea, itching, abdominal pain, abdominal distension, weight loss, jaundice, vomiting blood, black stools, blood in the stools, bleeding from mucous membranes, and spider nevi, hepatic palms, periumbilical varicosities, and facial hyperpigmentation. The most common complication of cirrhosis is esophagogastric fundus varices, which leads to gastrointestinal bleeding, high mortality rate, and formation of ascites, and the most serious complication is hepatic encephalopathy. The range of symptoms and serious complications of cirrhosis can have a significant impact on the patient’s life expectancy. If cirrhosis is diagnosed, early and standardized treatment is recommended to minimize the adverse effects of the disease.