Jaundice

with acute liver disease, however, experience their symptoms over a much shorter period of time with much less permanent damage. People with liver failure experience abdominal swelling, nausea, vomiting, fatigue, excessive bleeding when injured, and jaundice. Liver failure is a fairly common disease, considering that there are approximately 17,000 people currently on the liver transplant waiting list, which also makes it extremely difficult to receive a liver transplant, which is the only cure…

In RBCs, G6PD is the only enzyme which protect against oxidative damage.12, 45 RBCs continuously contact with oxidants as free radicals produced by conversion of oxyhaemoglobin to deoxyhaemoglobin and peroxides generated by phagocytosing granulocytes;46 here NADPH is the most important factor used to protect against oxidants. RBCs in normal individuals can activate NADPH generation in response to oxidative stress but not in G6PD deficient patients. G6PD deficiency leads to failure in protecting…

") 3. Other symptoms associated with this disease are: Swollen throat and tonsils, weakness, fatigue, high fever, sore throat, reddened of the throat, chills, loss of appetite. Much more serve symptoms include: Spleen and liver enlargement and jaundice. Less common complications: anemia, heart problems,…

At the age of 14, I was experiencing frequent fatigue, jaundice, loss of appetite, mental confusion, and my liver was very enlarged. My blood work was coming back with high ALT and AST levels and high bilirubin but my pediatrician didn't know what was going on with me. I was scheduled for a liver biopsy to confirm…

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Premature babies If an infant is born before the 37th week of pregnancy, he is considered as a premature baby. The advances in medicine and science made it more possible to deliver a healthy baby earlier and save their lives at the same time. These advances in science and medicine include alternative feeding methods, preventive strategies that will keep babies longer in utero, advanced incubators, and better understanding about the complications that will affect the premature babies. What are…

I have always had a certain obsession with organizing. Arranging important documents into vanilla folders and double-checking labels to make sure I filed them correctly. For example, I would chronologically sort the memories of a bad college relationship into mental file cabinets “2006, 2007, and 2009,” in cerebral folders “R,” respectively. Maybe “R” stood for “reasoning.” According to me, there was no other effective way to deal with life. Every move was calculated and arranged to create a…

via a complete blood count (CBC). Laboratories will draw blood from the patient and analyze the contents down to the amount of B12 present in the patients system. Symptoms of pernicious anemia are varying but commonly include asthenia, dyspepsia, jaundice, tachycardia, and angina. Long term treatment requires intramuscular injections of B12 at metered dosages…

Cholelithiasis Cholelithiasis or gallstones is the most common type of gallbladder disease that affects millions of people. Gallstones form in the gallbladder when biliary cholesterol increases. If a stone obstructs the cycstic duct, a patient may experience a sharp and severe pain because of the increased pressure in the gallbladder. Patients don’t know they have the disease because they are asymptomatic. The diagnostic techiniques used nowadays are less invasive and allows patients to heal…

six weeks after exposure to the virus. The first symptoms of Hepatitis A are usually mild, vague, and makes the infected person feel as though they have a mild case of influenza. Abdominal pain, fever, loss of appetite, fatigue, nausea, dark urine, jaundice, and joint pain are the most common signs and symptoms of Hepatitis A. These signs and symptoms can usually be resolved within two months of the viral infection, although there are some cases where those infected can be ill for as long as six…