often start children on the path to health problem that were once confined to adults‚ such as diabetes‚ high blood pressure and high cholesterol. Being overweight also raises a child’s risk of sleep apnea‚ hepatic steatosis (fatty degeneration of the liver)‚ asthma‚ slipped capital fermoral epiphysis ( a cause of hip pain)‚ cholecystitis (gall bladder disease and gall stones)‚ Pancreatitis (upper abdominal pain‚ nausea‚ vomiting‚ and fever)‚ pseudetumor cerebri‚ which causes headaches and vision changes
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Liver Disease and Medium Chain Triglycerides Seth Fraley Liver disease encompasses numerous disorders which disrupt the normal functions of the liver. Normal liver functions include: breaking down harmful substances‚ removing waste products from the blood‚ storing nutrients and vitamins‚ and moderating chemical levels in the body. Types of liver disease include: viral hepatitis‚ autoimmune diseases (primary biliary cirrhosis)‚ genetic diseases (hemochromatosis)‚ alcoholic hepatitis‚ and non-alcoholic
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person to their heart in pain‚ and to hold the responsibility for taking their own father to these procedures for his treatment. Cancer nowadays is the most diagnosed disease all around the world. I experienced cancer when my father was diagnosed with Liver Cancer in 2013. It was easy for my family and I to provide him with support to alleviate the emotional pain‚ however‚ we weren’t always able to alleviate the physical pain he went through. Fortunately‚ the medication and treatments were able to help
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An organ transplant is the moving of a whole or partial organ from one body to another for the purpose of replacing the recipient’s failing or damaged organ. Organ donors can be living or deceased. The sources of organ transplants can be from individuals over the age of 18 who indicate their desire to be an organ donor by signing a donor card or telling their family members. Relatives can also donate a deceased family member’s organs and tissues even if the family member is under the age of 18
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Unites States‚ though they do have to be accepted by a transplant center. The number of transplants for foreign nations are limited and closely monitored (donors1.org)." Infants are able to receive transplants. In 2011‚ 281 infants under the age of one received organ or tissue donations(www.kktv.com)." Recipients do not have to be just American. By donating you can help someone for foreign countries that come to America to get the transplant because it may not be able to get an organ or tissue
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Speech Title: Organ Transplants General Purpose: To Inform Specific Purpose: I want to educate my audience about organ donation matching process‚ the requirements to donate and to receive organs‚ and how donations can be found. Introduction: 1. Attention Getter: As defined by www.dictionary.com ‚ an organ transplant is deemed an operation moving an organ from an organism (the donor) to another (the recipient). In the U.S. alone surgeons performed 5‚273 liver transplants in 2008‚ according
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another. Organs you can donate include: kidneys‚ heart‚ liver‚ pancreas‚ intestines‚ lungs‚ skin‚ bone‚ bone marrow‚ and cornea (the front part of the eye). [source: medlineplus.com] 2.Organ donations usually occur for patients with kidney failure‚ heart disease‚ lung disease‚ and cirrhosis of the liver. For patients who need a kidney or a liver‚ a living donor’s organs can be utilized‚ since we are already born with an extra kidney and the liver is regenerative. However‚ if the patient needs a heart
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for kidney transplants in the United States in the year 2000‚ but only about 15‚000 kidney transplant operations were performed. This implies an average wait of almost four years before a person on the waiting list could receive a kidney transplant. In addition‚ the cumulative gap between demand and supply for livers was over 10‚000‚ which implies an average wait for a liver transplant of a couple of years. In 2000‚ almost 3‚000 Americans died while waiting for a kidney transplant‚ and half
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Abstract Organ transplant saves many lives‚ but there are many ethical and moral issues involved in organ transplant. Some of the issues ethical issues involved in transplantation include who gets the organs‚ how many organs each patient gets‚ and how patients move up on the transplant list. There is a shortage of organs available for transplant in regard to the number of patients that need organ transplantation. Would compensation for the organs donated increase the number of people willing to
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Why is organ transplant important The reason why I think organ donation is very important‚ because it gives a second chance to life to a person that is in need of an organ because they organs have start to fail and shut down. Although clinical issues such as the possibility of the recipient’s body rejecting the organ have been raised‚ the social and legal issues—from determining how donations should be handled and who should receive them‚ to the black-market practice of organ trafficking—spark the
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