How long you can live with cirrhosis cannot be generalized, but is affected by multiple factors, some patients can be completely cured will not affect life expectancy, some patients have a poor prognosis, the factors that affect life expectancy are the following: type of cirrhosis: cirrhosis is generally not primary, but is the end result of a variety of diseases, different causes of cirrhosis life expectancy is not the same. For example, alcoholic cirrhosis and bruising cirrhosis are caused by reversible causes, and if the causes can be removed, they can even be cured during the compensatory phase without affecting life expectancy, while cirrhosis caused by hepatitis B generally has a poor prognosis because the factors that damage the liver are difficult to remove. Liver function: The liver has a strong regenerative capacity, and cirrhosis is also divided into compensated and decompensated stages. In the compensated stage of cirrhosis, the liver can maintain liver function through regeneration of liver cells, and at this time, if the causes can be removed through effective treatment, the liver can generally maintain the long-term survival of patients through liver cell regeneration, but in the decompensated stage, liver function can no longer maintain survival needs through compensation, and the prognosis The prognosis is generally poor. There is a clinical classification of the liver’s compensatory capacity, called the Child-Pugh classification, which is closely related to the prognosis, with grade A being the best and grade C being the worst. Simply put, the better the compensatory capacity, the earlier the staging, the better the prognosis and life expectancy, and vice versa. Complications: Complications of cirrhosis are the direct cause of death in patients with cirrhosis, and various complications will occur successively in the decompensated phase of cirrhosis. syndrome, ascites, peritonitis, etc. In general, patients who do not develop complications or who develop complications later will live longer, while those who develop complications earlier will be at greater risk. Cancer of cirrhosis: Some patients with long-term cirrhosis may develop cancer although the complications are not obvious, mostly caused by hepatitis B. In addition, the effectiveness of the patient’s treatment and the patient’s own physical quality have an impact on the life expectancy of cirrhotic patients. Therefore, it is not possible to generalize how long a patient with cirrhosis can live, but a combination of various factors should be considered.