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Liver cells do what with bilirubin |
Take unconjugated bilirubin up from the bloodstream, and secrete conjugated bilirubin into the bile ducts |
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What do AST and ALT indicate? |
Liver damage. Not liver function, as is commonly said. Banasik clarifies that these are not indicators of liver function, but markers of liver cell injury.
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If someone goes on a serious drinking binge all weekend, and then goes and gets a lab drawn on monday, what will be elevated? |
AST, ALT |
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Which two Hepatitis viruses are associated with each other? |
B and D. You can get B alone, or with D, which makes it worse. You cannot get D alone. |
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What is the transmission of Hepatitis A |
Oral-fecal. Contaminated food. |
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What are the possible transmissions of Hepatitis B |
Blood and body fluids. Sexual or IV contact. |
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What are the possible transmissions of Hepatitis C |
Blood and body fluids. Sexual or IV contact. Mostly the blood/IV route. |
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What is the transmission of Hepatitis E |
Oral-fecal. Waterborne. |
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How long can someone be a carrier of Hep A? How about Hep B? Hep C? |
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What are some evaluations that can test for Acute Toxic Hepatitis? |
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What particular serum lab result is found with people who have alcoholism-induced Acute Toxic Hepatitis? |
Their AST will be around double their ALT. Normally with other forms of hepatitis these are the same. |
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If someone tests positive for Hep B surface IgG antibody and negative for surface antigen, what does this mean? |
They have immunity to Hep B |
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If someone tests positive for Hep B surface IgG antibody and positive for surface antigen, what does this mean? |
They either have chronic Hep B or are a carrier |
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If someone tests positive for Hep B surface IgM antibody and positive for surface antigen, what does this mean? |
They probably have acute Hep B |
