ethanol just because they want to "relax". It causes a severe headache‚ sensitivity to light‚ nausea‚ and/or vomiting. Alcohol causes liver damage. There are multiple damages that can damage a persons liver. There is a chronic disease called Cirrhosis‚ cirrhosis causes scaring of the liver. Alcoholic Hepatitis causes inflammation of the liver due to excessive alcohol in a body system. Alcohol damages the liver‚ it makes weak and
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The Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) can be found working in numerous specialties and having an understanding of alcoholic liver disease and the transplant process will help optimize care of the patient with alcoholic cirrhosis. Because there is no alternative treatment to liver transplantation for most patients with end-stage liver disease‚ it is important that the CNS understand that the 6-month rule could be lethal in some circumstances. Early detection and treatment can be life-saving. Clinicians
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Nicola Cooper Student No; cs329513 What effect does alcohol have on a person’s health and life expectancy? The consumption of alcoholic beverages dates back to approximately 10‚000 years ago when viticulture’ (the selective cultivation of grape vines for making wine) is said to have originated in the mountains between the Black and Caspian Seas. (1) It is one of the most commonly used psychoactive drugs in the world. Alcohol interacts with gamma amino bultyric acid (GABA) receptors in the
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Hepatic encephalopathy The brain is the major organ of the nervous central system and the center of control for the whole body‚ voluntary and involuntary activities. It’s located usually near the sensory organs for such senses as vision‚ hearing‚ balance‚ taste‚ and smell. Also it is responsible of the thought‚ memory‚ emotions and language. The brain is the most complex organ of the body. It regulates the function of many organs. When the brain is healthy‚ it works in a fast and automatic
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to Blahd‚ “Approximately 5% to 10% of adults and children older than age 5 with hepatitis B infection go on to develop chronic infection.” A person with chronic hepatitis B may experience complications such as scarring of the liver also known as cirrhosis. Scarring of the liver affects the way the liver functions. Another complication is that the chances of getting liver cancer increase. Acute liver failure is a very serious and life threatening possible complication of chronic hepatitis B.
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Disease/Hepatitis B The communicable disease I have chosen for this paper is Hepatitis. Hepatitis B is a liver disease that is caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV). This virus can cause infections that can last a life time. These infections include cirrhosis of the liver (scarring)‚ liver cancer‚ liver failure‚ and ultimately death. Hepatitis B is highly contagious and this disease affects one out of every twenty people in the United States. According to the website www.health.ny.gov‚ one out of 20
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Hepatitis C Introduction Hepatitis C is a blood borne infectious disease caused by hepatitis C virus (HCV) and it primarily affects the liver. It is a major public health concern in both developing and industrialized nations worldwide because of its contagious nature. According to Bartenschlager (2013)‚ Hepatitis C virus is a single stranded encapsulated RNA genome belonging to the genus Hepacivirus and flaviviridae family and the discovery of the virus in 1989 through virus isolation methods
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This research paper is about Hepatitis C (HCV) causes inflammation of the liver and can cause liver damage foremost to cirrhosis. Irregularly‚ liver cancer may grow. First called non-A and non-B hepatitis‚ hepatitis C (HCV) was discovered in the early 1970’s‚ but it was not until 1989 that testing for particular antibodies to the virus initiated. Each year‚ 16‚000 Americans contract hepatitis C‚ which is a more common cause of prolonged liver disease than hepatitis B. roughly guessed the rate as
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C. Acute hepatitis C is a short-term illness that occurs within the first six months after someone is exposed to the hepatitis C virus. Chronic hepatitis C means the virus remains in the person’s body. Hepatitis C can last a lifetime and lead to cirrhosis or scarring of the liver or liver cancer. Hepatitis C is spread when blood from a person infected with the hepatitis C virus enters the body of someone who is not infected. Today‚ most people are infected with hepatitis C by sharing needles‚ syringes
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One patient‚ Mr. Mann is a 50-year-old man who is suffering from End Stage Liver Disease (ESLD) due to alcoholic cirrhosis‚ his prognosis is terminal without a transplant. Mr. Mann will not commit to long-term sobriety‚ he is unemployed‚ and is without family and social support. The other patient‚ Ms. Bay is 37; she has been diagnosed with ESLD due to active‚ chronic
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