Fatty liver

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 States. My interest in further exploring liver related deaths is the

Liver Transplantation Roy Franco Brown Mackie College NURS 2203 July 27, 2015 Mr. Nowicki Liver Transplantation The human liver is the largest organ in the body it is responsible for over 400 functions such as protein synthesis, blood clotting factors, processing of fats and cholesterol, metabolizing bilirubin, red blood cells, drugs and alcohol and also for storing carbohydrates (Merli, 208).When failure of the liver begins the necessity for transplantation of a non-healthy liver with a healthy

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC, the primary malignancy of the liver) is now the third most common cancer in the world affecting more than half a million people. The incidence of liver cancer varies greatly by race and ethnicity; and about 3 times more common in men than women [6]. The most common type of HCC - caused by Hepatitis B and C viruses (HBV and HCV) are most prevalent in Asia and Africa, as the presence of virus predisposes people to liver disease and subsequently HCC [7]. In such high prevalence

Targeted Liposomes for Liver Fibrosis: In Vivo Liposome Delivery of siRNA to Stellate Cells to Silence TGF-B1 and VEGF Expression Summary Over the last few decades, liver disease has become a growing burden in global health due to the limited efficacy of treatment and therapies for liver disease. One potential solution to the dilemma of curative treatment for liver disease is the emerging development and utilization of nanotechnology strategies for more effective liver disease diagnosis and therapy

Therapy: A Case Study Approach 4th ed. Title: Case 12 – Cirrhosis of the Liver Questions: 1. The liver is an extremely complex organ that has a particularly important role in nutrient metabolism. Identify three functions of the liver related to each of the following: a. Carbohydrate metabolism Galactose and fructose are products of carbohydrate digestion and are converted to glucose in the hepatocyte or liver cell.1 The liver then stores glucose as glycogen by undergoing glycogenesis and then returns

If the liver is not breaking down lipids, amino acids, and proteins that are vital to these systems and hormones then it will result in the before mentions dysfunctions. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19079271 What impact does the illness have on the blood’s ability to clot? Include the role of vitamin K and the specific clotting proteins affected. Also discuss platelet production. Describe the test that is typically run to test the blood’s clotting ability. The liver becomes

received vaccines for Tetanus, Hepatitis B, Measles and Polio. A vaccine you did not get though, is one for Hepatitis C. Hepatitis C is a disease that affects the way the liver operates, and although there is a vaccine for both Hepatitis A and B, there is not one for C. Hepatitis C affects the digestive system, more specifically the liver. It can also damage the central nervous system and the circulatory system. Blood tests are the most common way to detect Hepatitis C and after one has been diagnosed

The largest organ of the human body, when excluding the skin, is the liver. The liver plays an active role in the digestion, metabolism, detoxification, storage, production and immunity of the body. The main function of the liver is to filter blood coming from the digestive track. It is located on the right side of the belly and consists of four lobes: left, right, caudate, and quadrate. Its rough triangular shape rests above the gallbladder and parts of the pancreas and intestines, all the while

life is the liver. The liver performs “more than 400 functions.” (Igmatavious, 2013, p. 1293). An amazing feature of our liver is as long as it stays healthy it can regenerate. Some of the functions of the liver consist of removing toxins and bacteria from the blood, the processing of fluids, nutrients, medications, it produces hormones, it creates proteins that help the body to clot, and it also produces bile that helps the body absorb fat. (Liver Transplantation: n.d.). Having a liver that is

can poison the liver, cause the liver function damage. Excessive drinking consumption increased the burden on the liver. Mainly depends on the oxidative decomposition, damaged liver cell degeneration. Eventually lead to cirrhosis, medicine called “Alcoholic Liver Disease” (ALD). According to the senior scientist Robert Mann, Ph.D. “Cirrhosis of the liver is the most serious form of ALD and a cause of many deaths and serious illnesses. In cirrhosis, scar tissue replaces normal liver tissue, disrupting