Cirrhosis

flowers, veggies, and fruits. These snippets aren’t even necessarily the good kind; they’re the ones that drain the life out of the rest of the garden and you start over. But at the same time, it’s necessary. Like flowers. My dad passed away from cirrhosis of the liver, as a result of excessive drinking. He was sixty-five when he passed; combine that with the stage his liver was in, he was low on the transplant list. There were numerous events and decisions that…

of the mouth, throat, esophagus, pharynx, larynx, and breast, and severe liver damage. Of the 71,713 cases of death as a result of liver disease that occurred in 2013, 46.4 percent were alcohol-related. In 2011, 48.0 percent of all deaths due to cirrhosis involved alcohol. Long-term addiction to alcohol can also lead to many heart complications, such as cardiomyopathy and arrhythmias, and can weaken a person’s immune system, making the body of the alcoholic much more susceptible to diseases such…

Reflection 4: The road to the Phoenix VA wait-time nightmare Rafael Martinez-Cruz HCM 4310 August 25, 2017 Dr. Robert C. Miner Thesis Statement Though many veterans’ used the Phoenix VA as their main health care facility, their trust in the VA system has been declining throughout the years. The Phoenix VA offers to the veterans a place that understands their needs and also can accommodate their necessities better than any public hospital.…

The MLDA (minimum legal drinking age) has been a topic that has been debated for quite some time now and probably will continue to be debated in future years. Some people think the drinking age should be lowered while others think it should remain at twenty-one years old. At the age of eighteen when an adolescent legally becomes an adult, and with this comes many responsibilities such as enlisting in the military and the privilege to serve on a jury. Reasons like these are why people think one…

General Introduction Dietary lipids: Dietary lipids consist of a broad group of compounds that are soluble in organic solvents and insoluble in water. Their density is lower than water and consistency varies from liquids to solids at normal room temperature, depending on their structure and function. They are also referred as ‘Oils’ which are liquid and ‘fats’ which are solid at room temperature. Lipids are the important constituents of diet due to their higher energy value. One gram of lipid…