cirrhosis reversible question

[simon4271]

Hi , most say cirrhosis is not reversible .
Why can cirrhosis be reversed in patients who have hepatitis B taking viread , doctors have told me this .
One of my doctors patients reversed cirrhosis while taking this .
I was under the impression that cirrhosis is cirrhosis no matter the cause .
If they can reverse it in Hepatitis B why not Hepatitis C ? never understood that .
One professor highly acclaimed told me that Cirrhosis in Hepatitis C can be reversed to stage 2 after successful treatment and another highly acclaimed doctor told me it can reversed to stage 3 .
Has anyone also heard this .

[nan535]

My husband was on his treatment for 24 weeks. Before he started treatment his BM's were light  yellow due to blocked bile ducts. Over the course of the treatment, we saw changes happening. His BM's are now normal brown in color. This is proof to us that something positive was happening. Unfortunately, it did not end his bouts of HE though.
I have mixed feelings about his being off treatment. The virus is back and i fear the progress he made physically will soon be gone. So I too have thought about your question. Why not leave him on a low dose treatment that will allow his liver to slowly heal itself?  I fear the answer is "the cost".

Nan

[simon4271]

that's great gives us all hope but I think the first major step is getting rid of this which you have congratulations , your ultrasound sounds great and you are not the first I have heard this happen to so don't doubt it as hard as it is to believe .  
       Regardless in the next 5 years there will be cure to reverse cirrhosis I believe  , if it can be done with hepatitis b which it has in many cases then surely companies which are already looking into gilead , genfit , cnat , galt and the  many whom will join in the  next few years , likely a key will be found .
       Modern medicine is moving much quicker than anyone could believe if you look back 10 years compared to now  its amazing in so many  fields what they have and will achieve .

[simon4271]

I remember reading on of Hectors post as he was on solvadi ribavirin for a long time I think 48 weeks , many of his labs came back much better than they have in a long time .
I think you are the cost and I guess no one has stayed on it for a long long time so what are the long term effects.

[Sarah1949]

My doctor told me once the cause, hcv, is gone the liver can begin to heal itself of the cirrhosis.

[celtictiger67]

well my results with fibroscan improved slightly before and after treatment   Fibroscan before  28,8 after 26.3 dont know if the 2.5 lots or zero

[rexx73]

I was told by several docs including Dr Schiano that cirrhosis
caused by alcohol or hepb are more likely to be reversed than
other forms of cirrhosis.
but I was told also that hepc caused cirrhosis can be reversed
to some degree,but not that much as the 2 mentioned above.