If an intestinal bypass is the cause, the bypass needs to be surgically reversed. The second step of treatment is to make sure your body gets the nutrition it needs. Because your liver is not working properly, you may need vitamin supplements and may have to change your diet. Cirrhosis can cause problems in other parts of your body and these will need to be treated. For example, fluid may build up in your abdomen, or you may have bleeding from the esophagus or stomach.
Medication can help control the buildup of fluid in the abdomen.
Minor outpatient surgery may be required to treat sites of bleeding in the stomach and esophagus. You may need special changes in your diet to prevent complications in your brain and kidneys. A liver transplant is the ultimate treatment for cirrhosis. If the cause of the cirrhosis, such as alcohol abuse, can be removed or controlled and if you are healthy enough, a transplant is a theoretical option. But liver transplants are very expensive.