Stages of liver disease..what are they?

[lindasman]

What are the stages of liver disease?  If someone is a stage 3 what does that mean as far as mortality?  What or how many stages of liver disease are there?

[copyman]

there are 4 stages of fibrosis. stage 3 is not that bad and far from mortality! it is getting close to 4 which is cirrhosis. then i believe there is stages of cirrhosis. some others will answer with more info.

[charm27]

Stage 1- Inflammation
State  2- Fibrosis
Stage 3- More Fibrosis
Stage 4- Cirhossis

once you reach cirhossis I believe there are stages for cirhossis.

[gauf]

Stage 4 A: compensated   B: some decompensation/ complications beginning to appear. C: End Stage / severe cirhosis.

[nygirl7]

It means roughly your 3/4 of the way to cirhossis.  Nobody can tell you about mortality - only God know the answer to that one.

[JodyLynn]

If your liver damage is stage 1 how fast can it go to stage 4?

[charm27]

No one could answer that unfortunately.
Its very slow moving as per my physician but no one knows. Everyone progresses differently.
One person could take 25 years to go from 1 to 4.
Someone else could progress rapidly..........

[JodyLynn]

Thank you Charm.