Liver damage from alcohol is progressive and goes through several stages. I am board certified in Internal Medicine and have been practicng medicine for the last eight years. As a physician working regularly in the ICU, I admit patients with advanced liver damage from alcohol on a regular basis. By the time they get to ...
Biliary Atresia is a term given to describe a rare congenital condition characterized by an abnormality in the fetal liver where all, or part of the bile duct fails to form. The purpose of these bile ducts is to function as a drainage system and remove waste from the liver. This is a rather rare ...
A lot of people start consuming alcoholic drinks without having second thoughts about the possible negative effects it may cause their health. After all, alcoholic drinks are readily available and are generally accepted by society. However, the use of these products actually presents the major drug problem of several countries, particularly those in the West. ...
HerbalProvider.com defines cirrhosis “as a potentially life threatening condition that occurs when scarring damages the liver. The scarring replaces healthy tissue and prevents the liver from working normally. Cirrhosis usually develops after years of liver inflammation.” The two main causes of cirrhosis in the United States are alcohol and hepatitis C. Alcohol abuse is the ...
Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis, better known as NASH is not a new disease. It is a liver disease that replicates a disease that is found in someone who is a heavy drinker. That disease is ASH, Alcoholic Steatohepatitis. The consensus is that people with NASH were assumed to be Alcoholics. According to the National Digestive Diseases Information ...
CIRRHOSIS OF THE LIVER There are many diseases that affect the human digestive system. Some of these afflictions such as ulcerative colitis, the inflammation of the colon, and Crohn’s Disease (an inflammatory disease of the intestine) are treatable illnesses. In some cases like with dysentery, constipation, and hemorrhoids, the disorder can not only be treated ...
1) What is hepatitis? Hepatitis means inflammation of the liver, liver disease. The term derives from hepat-(< hepar), the Greek root for “liver”, and the ending -itis, which denotes “inflammation”. 2) What is Hepatitis B? Hepatitis B is a very common type of hepatitis (viral infection of the liver). Hepatitis B is caused by a ...
According to the National Liver Foundation the liver in the largest organ in the body weighing about three pounds. It is approximately the same size as a football (http://www.liverfoundation.org, para 1). The liver has many important functions including the production of clotting factors, blood, proteins, and bile. It also stores energy to fuel muscles. Another ...
Cirrhosis of the liver is a very dangerous medical condition that can result in the complete failure of the liver to function. Obviously, this is not a good thing – you need your liver to be working properly in order to live. Cirrhosis is not really a disease, rather it is the end result of ...
Liver cancer is the fifth most common cancer – and one of the cancers with the worst prognosis. Sadly, most people diagnosed with cancer of the liver survive less than a year. Even more disturbing is the fact that this cancer is on the rise in the United States – which has some health experts ...