There are many different types of liver disease. It is important to know what happens to your liver at each stage of the progression before complete liver failure. Understanding the progression of liver disease may help you make better health choices. Here are the four stages of liver disease.
Stage 1: The first sign of liver damage is Inflammation
Inflammation in the liver is a sign that it in no longer efficient in detoxifying your blood of toxins found in the food you eat.
Stage 2: Fibrosis is the start of Liver Scarring
If you do not treat the inflammation, it will start to cause the liver to scar. It is the process of Fibrosis when the scar tissues replace the healthy liver tissue and thus reduces the liver function.
Stage 3: More severe scarring leads to Cirrhosis
When you don't treat the fibrosis medically, you are at risk of the next stage called cirrhosis, which is severe scarring of the liver.
Stage 4: Liver failure
It's the final stage where your liver completely fails to heal and loses all its ability to function.