Liver disease

My disease is liver cancer, I chose liver cancer because I know a family member that has it. One fact about liver cancer is that in 2016 40,710 (29,200 men and 11,510 women) people had liver cancer. Another fact is that men are more likely to get liver cancer than women. If alcohol abuse runs in your family then you most likely to get liver cancer. One way to get liver cancer is from a birth defect, alcohol abuse, chronic infections with hepatitis B and C. If you do get liver cancer, it will…

can become lethal. Symptoms of the disease include long term manifestations, irregular heartbeat, low energy, loss of sex drive, abdominal pain and accordingly others. Prevalent symptoms include, weakness, abdominal pain, fatigue, also joint pain. Secondary hemochromatosis comparable to hemochromatosis displays a collection regarding symptoms. Doctors will perform liver biopsy to diagnose the patient. There are two different types of liver biopsy, laparoscopic liver biopsy has an incision made…

Introduction The liver is the second largest organ in the human body after skin considered as the largest gland in the body as it is about 2 percent of the whole body Weight in the adult around 3 pound in weight. The normal color of the liver is reddish brown it is located behind the ribcage on the upper right side Of the abdomen protected by rib cage. The live has a main function the filtration od the blood as it considered the liver is the most important Organ in human body as it has more…

Liver Failure: Liver Disease (Autoimmune Hepatitis) According to research, Liver failure patients experience chronic problems and accrue long term problems. Liver failure is an inflammation or a very un-normal function that occurs within weeks or days. (Clinic 15) There are various symptoms of this disease. Some symptoms can be known as swelling in your body such as in your feet, and hands. Another symptom is very unusual dark urine, loss of appetite, abdominal pain. The main symptom is known to…

cause of cirrhosis in the United States. Toxins and alcohol are broken down by the liver. However, if the amount of alcohol is too high, the liver will swell. The liver will have to work twice as hard and the liver cells can eventually become damaged. Heavy, regular, long-term drinkers are much more likely to develop cirrhosis, compared with other, healthy people. The amount of alcohol it takes to damage the liver varies from person to person. Research suggests that drinking two or fewer drinks…

Liver transplants were created with the intent to save those who suffer from liver damage/disease. “6,000 liver transplants are performed annually in the U.S., and the number continues to rise” (More About Organ Donation). Currently, there are approximately 17,000 people waiting to receive a new liver, many of these being alcoholics. The topic of alcoholics receiving liver transplants is such a controversy because alcoholics are viewed as being at fault for their liver failure. An alcoholic’s…

It is characterized by replacement of liver tissue by fibrosis (scar tissue) and regenerative nodules (lumps that occur due to attempted repair of damaged tissue). These changes lead to loss of liver function. Cirrhosis is a slowly progressing disease in which healthy liver tissue is replaced with scar tissue, eventually preventing the liver from functioning properly. The scar tissue blocks the flow of blood through the liver and slows the processing of nutrients, hormones, drugs…

The Importance of the Liver and the effects of Cirrhosis The liver is known to be the largest organ in the body weighing at about three pounds in adults. It is located in the right upper quadrant area, more specifically in the hypochondriac region beneath the diagram. The liver is one of the most important organs as it performs many metabolic roles. Without it, we would not have the ability to survive. The liver is responsible for performing important functions such as making proteins that aid…

Autoimmune hepatitis is a chronic inflammatory, multisystem disease in which the body attacks its own liver cells. There are two known forms of this chronic, long-lasting disease. Type 1, being the most common making up eighty percent of autoimmune hepatitis cases, affects mostly young women and often goes hand in hand with other autoimmune diseases. Forty percent of Type 1 AIH cases are diagnosed before the age of 18.Type 2 is less common affecting women ages 2 to 14. It is shown in many…

The liver is located under the diaphragm in the upper right side of your abdominal cavity. It has many important jobs including digestive processes. It also carries out many metabolic and regulatory functions in the body and is also responsible for producing bile to breakdown fats in the food we eat. The gallbladder is similar to a small storage sac, it helps the liver to store bile. The liver and gallbladder connect by the common bile duct. Many disease states can affect these two closely…