If you experience any of the serious problems described below, your disease has progressed from compensated cirrhosis to decompensated cirrhosis. You are then at risk of dying from these life-threatening complications unless your sick liver can be replaced with a healthy liver (liver transplant).

• Bleeding varices (internal bleeding)
• Ascites (fluid in the belly)
• Encephalopathy (confusion)
• Jaundice (yellowing of eyes and skin)

We will describe each of these in more detail on the next few screens.