Doctor says since I'm responding I should stay on this for a year. Fibrosis 4 is just a nice way of saying cirrhosis. Were about to move into the country by a lake which means I'll be living 40 minutes from the hospital my insurance will pay for. Thanks you for any responce I might get. It is critical that the biopsy be interpreted and explained properly.
Fibrosis is scar tissue that forms as a result of persistent inflammation in the liver.
If you cut your skin, you form scar tissue which is good. However, if you inflame the liver, you can develop scar tissue or fibrosis which can be bad. If the fibrosis advances, it can start to destroy the liver. Typically fibrosis starts around the portal tract and the mildest form of fibrosis is periportal . As the fibrosis extends, it typically extends kind of like spokes from the center of a wheel.