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Cirrhosis- A condition when the liver is slowly breaking down. It prevents blood flow throughout the liver. As Cirrhosis comes worse so does the liver. As it lasts longer in the liver, the more damage it will do <ref name= Hepatitis> C [https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/liver-disease/viral-hepatitis/hepatitis-c Hepatits C] "National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease. Web. </ref> According to George Y a professor of medicine at Connecticut Medical Center Cirrhosis "usually occurs when the liver is damaged over an extended period of time" <ref name= Everyday> Health [https://www.everydayhealth.com/liver-cancer/cirrhosis-and-liver-cancer.aspx Cirrhosis and liver cancer] "Everyday Health". web. </ref>. Some possible symptoms of these include swelling of the legs, Enlarged blood vessels in esophagus and stomach, greater sensitivity to blood, kidney and lung failure, and more. Hepatitis C and alcoholism are the main causes of Cirrhosis. Having Hepatitis C and Cirrhosis causes you to have a higher chance of Liver Cancer. seventy to ninety percent of people who have liver cancer have Cirrhosis.They are similar to the symptoms of Hepatitis C, because the symptoms are not noticeable for a long time. People do survive liver cancer but the survival rate is low.