My husband was just diagnosed with cirrhosis and he is an alcoholic and hep c positive. What do I need to ask the doc?

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Lisa Frederiksen Healthy Living Professional

I'm so sorry. What is it you'd like to know? I'm sure the doctor would be open to any questions you may have. This website provides a great deal of information about addiction / alcoholism that may help you: www.hbo.com/addiction.

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tammilc

Well he was diagnosed at the age of 12 with hep c. We still don't know if that or alcohol caused cirrhosis. Will that make a difference in treatment or recovery?

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Lisa Frederiksen Healthy Living Professional

Hi Tammilc,

I wanted to provide a better answer to your question than my previous one. Hep c and whether it or your husband's alcohol abuse caused his cirrhosis wlll not matter when it comes to treatment for his addiction to alcohol. Addiction is a chronic relapsing brain disease and the treatments for addiction differ than those for hep C and/or cirrhosis.

Look in the catagory, 'Brain Scans' and 'Alcholism' on my website, www.breakingthecycles.com. You may find some helpful information there about the disease aspects of alcoholism.

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