Can the liver recover on its own if it does not drink

Yes, perhaps, "AIF" answered Pavel Ogurtsov, MD, professor, head of the RUDN liver studies center.

"If the point of no return is not exceeded, it is never too late to stop drinking. If a person drinks before the attack of severe acute alcoholic hepatitis, it is dangerous – the death rate for this disease is very high, it reaches 70%"- said the expert.

According to Ogurtsov, if there is no hepatitis, even at the beginning of cirrhosis, the liver may be allowed to recover. "Do not interfere with it, no non-systematic and uncontrolled medications, or overeating. Need a diet without alcohol for life. Problems return very quickly if the alcohol-free diet is disrupted in case of liver disease. The liver can recover slightly, but this improvement can be very easily canceled by breaking the strict diet without alcohol."- explains Ogurtsov.