Progression of liver failure and death?

If someone suffers a liver disease, can the doctors provide any type of pain management or will they suffer a horrible death? If the liver is supposed to process everything, does the body simply shut down one day?

Morphine is usually the preferred type of pain reliever in death. Any time a person is going through their final phase of life can bring pain. Yes, the body will shut down. The person will have a yellow tinge to their skin & even the whites of their eyes. Their abdomen will probably become distended (bloated) They may experience multiple organ failure all at once or each organ may shut down one at a time. I found a good website: http://www.canine-epilepsy.com/liverdise...

If one knows that a family member is dying from a liver disease, the best thing to do is to contact your local hospice. They provide support to the person & family members & help you deal with end of life issues. It needs to be discussed with the person whether or not they want any life supporting measures (respirator, CPR, feeding tube). It would also be wise to make a will and give medical power of attorney to someone the person trusts.

It depends on what is wrong with the liver. If it is really bad, the patient may be a candidate for a liver transplant. If it is a curable disease, the doctors can cure it, and the liver can recover. The liver has remarkable recuperative properties.

If a liver gets very sick, it isn't that the body shuts down, but that the liver stops doing its job, and the body becomes toxic.