Liver cirrhosis is the scarring of the healthy tissues in the liver. This may permanently damage the liver and keeps it from functioning normally.

This scarring of the liver tissues is most often caused by exposure to the toxins such as alcohol or viral infections. Many types of conditions or diseases also affect the function of the liver and results in inflammation and death of the healthy cells. In response to this, the body starts producing more and more tissues to do for the repair process.

The overproduction of scar tissues may result in scar tissues blocking the flow of blood through the liver. This slows down the function of the liver to process nutrients, medicines, natural toxins and leads to low production of proteins and other substances made by the liver.