Cirrhosis of the Liver Cirrhosis of the Liver: Causes, Detection and Prevention University of Phoenix- Online Campus Cirrhosis of the Liver is a horrible disease that takes the lives of many people every year. There are many causes, symptoms, ways to diagnose and treatments that surround this disease as well as many ways that this fatal disease can be prevented. The liver is a key organ when it comes to making the body function properly (National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse
selected leading cause of death and state why this was chosen. According to the American Liver Foundation, a healthy liver cleans blood, fights infection processes food and stores energy. The liver is able to regenerate itself, but when it becomes too damaged or is prevented from regenerating, it will fail and no longer be able to keep able to keep one alive (2015). Despite its ability to regenerate, chronic liver disease and cirrhosis is the twelfth leading cause of death of death in the United
Stages of Alcoholism Leading to Cirrhosis of the Liver Mikal Norvell Fortis Institute, Dr. Bassant Abstract This paper describes, briefly, the stages of the alcoholism as it slowly damages the liver, and finally results in permanent, irreversible damage called cirrhosis. Excessive alcohol consumption, or alcoholism is the number one cause of cirrhosis in the U.S. Though tolerance levels are different for each individual, daily consumption of more than ten alcoholic drinks over ten or more years
Cirrhosis is the 11th leading cause of death by disease in the United States. Almost one half of these are alcohol related. About 25,000 people die from cirrhosis each year. Description/Definition Cirrhosis is a consequence of chronic liver disease characterized by replacement of normal, healthy liver tissue by fibrotic scar tissue, blocking the flow of blood through the organ and preventing it from working as it should, as well as regenerative nodules leading to progressive loss of liver function
fatty liver disease and its histological scoring systems. Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is an increasingly common cause of chronic liver disease. The study says that the incidence of recurrent steatosis in patients transplanted for cryptogenic cirrhosis or NASH-cirrhosis ranges from 25%-100%, while NASH development is observed in 10%-37.5% of these cases without leading to early allograft failure. The ongoing discussions of the limits of alcohol intake in “nonalcoholic” fatty liver revolve
groups are diagnosed with cirrhosis or any other disease in the United States. Liver is an important organ just like the rest of the organs inside our body especially for the digestive system. The liver has to be healthy to do many important functions for example, blood clotting, digesting food using bile duct, and many more duties. People may develop cirrhosis differently because their bodies react very different on how it may develop. Developing the disease cirrhosis in the liver will weaken the
Liver Cirrhosis Your Name HCS 245 April 16, 2014 University of Phoenix Dr. Tobey Tam Liver Cirrhosis As the Directors at the Sharp Rees Medical Facility, we will be talking about the liver. The liver is a very important organ in the human body as it does not just perform one function but is involved in multiple tasks. Some interesting facts about the liver; it weighs under five pounds, it has a shape like a half football and everyone is born with one. Just like most other disease or
the not-so common ones. We have many different types of diseases from sexually transmitted diseases to generic disease that we didn’t have before. There are many diseases that target a certain organ such as “Chronic Liver Disease” which leads to “Cirrhosis”, which targets the liver. In addition there are also other diseases that cover other organs such as the brain like “Alzheimer’s Disease” or even “Rabies”. In addition there are also diseases that aren’t really noticeable or predicted easily such
with acute and chronic heart failure develop symptoms related to the liver. In the setting of right-sided heart failure a spectrum of hepatic derangements occur, known as Cardiac cirrhosis or congestive hepatopathy (Moller and Bernardi, 2013). The effect of cardiac cirrhosis on prognosis is not that clear, but cardiac cirrhosis could be reversed after heart transplantation. When a sudden and dramatic increase in serum hepatic transaminase occurs, associated with cardiogenic shock, this indicates severe
pancreatitis, rheumatic fever, and cirrhosis. Chronic pancreatitis is inflammation of the pancreas, which doesn’t heal and cause complications such as pseudocyst, infection, breathing problems, diabetes, kidney failure, and malnutrition. Rheumatic fever is also inflammation disease but result from a complication of untreated strep throat which can metastasize and affect the heart’s valves, the heart’s muscle, causes atrial fibrillation, and heart failure. Cirrhosis on the other hand is a final result