When the liver begins to deteriorate and is unable to function as it normally would because of long lasting‚ or chronic‚ injury‚ the diagnosis would is called cirrhosis. As time progresses‚ scar tissue begins to replace the healthy liver tissue and prevent proper blood flow through the liver. The largest internal organ in the human body is the liver. The liver plays a significant role in metabolism. According to the National Institute for health‚ it is stated‚ “The liver has many functions
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Wilson’s Disease The Wilson’s disease is a genetic disorder of the thirteenth chromosome. This disease is an inherited disease and it is mostly likely to be in all of the offspring if a parent had it. It is the unnecessary increase of copper in the liver and brain. This is cause by a defect in the transport of copper. Wilson’s disease is a rare autosomal recessive disorder of the copper transport resulting in the copper buildup. It is also known as Hepatolenticular Degeneration as the scientific
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in most foods‚ and most people get much more than they need. Healthy people excrete copper they don’t need‚ but Wilson’s Disease patients cannot. Copper begins to accumulate immediately after birth. Excess copper attacks the liver and brain resulting in hepatitis‚ psychiatric‚ or neurologic symptoms. The symptoms usually appear in late adolescence. Patients may have jaundice‚ abdominal swelling‚ vomiting of blood and abdominal pain. They may have tremors
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type test is a blood test that measures substances called antigens on the surface of tissues. Checking the antigens can tell if donor tissue is compatible to transplant to another person. Antigens can tell the difference between normal body tissue and foreign tissue (for example‚ tissue from another person’s body).The success of a transplant depends on how closely the antigen patterns match. The antigen patterns are most likely to be similar when the donated organ or tissue comes from a close relative
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CIRRHOSIS Cirrhosis of the liver refers to the scarring of liver due to poor liver function and development of various liver diseases caused by conditions such as alcohol abuse‚ buildup of fats in the liver‚ and hepatitis. In most of the cases‚ liver is able to regenerate the new liver cells when they are damaged. However‚ if the damage has occurred for a longer period of time and becomes severe‚ regeneration of the cells would be incomplete. This‚ in turn‚ leads to the formation of the scar tissues
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Duodenum • The section of the small intestine immediately below the stomach. Digestive juices from the gallbladder‚ liver‚ pancreas and gland cells in the intestinal wall mix here with chyme to continue with digestion Pancreas • As a digestive organ‚ the pancreas secretes hydrolytic enzymes and a buffer into the duodenum. The pancreas also acts as an endocrine gland Liver • Regulating blood sugar levels • Converting lactic acid to glycogen • Lipid regulation • Deamination of amino acids
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out through cells. Birds convert ammonia into uric acid. They do this as they cannot carry as much water as humans or fish‚ so they convert it into solid uric acid mixed with a little water. Mammals convert ammonia into urea. Urea is formed in the liver by the ornithine cycle; it’s less soluble than ammonia and less toxic. This means that less water is required for excretion. Urea is soluble in blood plasma and is transported to
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Common Chronic Blood-Borne Infection in the US • Accounts for up to two-thirds of newly diagnosed chronic liver disease cases1‚2 • Contributes to significant morbidity (cirrhosis‚ liver failure‚ liver cancer)‚ extrahepatic complications‚ and mortality3-5 • Leading cause of liver transplantation1‚3 – Responsible for 41% of transplants6 3 1. Gonzalez SA‚ Davis GL. Clin Liver Dis. 2012;1(1):2-5. 2. Bell BP‚ et al. Am J Gastroenterol. 2008;103(11):2727-2736. 3. Smith BD‚ et al. MMWR
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Shameless “Reflection” Shameless is a show based in chicago which is kind of weird knowing how bad chicago is with all the crime that’s going on and the high murder rate but then again Lancaster hasn’t been the safest of cities in the u.s either. Well shameless is about a dysfunctional family who struggles with life every single day‚ and every day there seems to be a new problem that occurs. Even though the main characters happen to have their own set of problems they always value family first and
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100 words response to each of the following questions. What is the infection agent (pathogen) that causes this infectious disease? For example the name of the bacteria‚ virus or parasite. Hepatitis A is an acute infectious disease of the liver caused by the a virus (HAU)‚ an RNA virus usually spread by the fecal-oral route‚ transmitted person to person by ingestion of contaminated food or water through direct contact with an infectious person. For example a person with Hepatitis A can pass
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