happens when your liver starts to shut down. This is usually because it's become damaged and can't be repaired. It's a life-threatening condition that demands urgent medical care. Most often, liver failure happens gradually, over many years, and is called chronic liver failure. It’s the ...
Liver Failure Symptoms What Causes Liver Failure? Liver Disease Stages 10 min read Liver failure happens when your liver starts to shut down. This is usually because it's become damaged and can't be repaired. It's a life-threatening condition that demands urgent medical care. Most often,...
Liver which is the largest organ of the body serves so many vital and important functions to sustain life. Care of the Liver is very important to keep in a good health and therefore it is very important to prevent liver diseases by knowing its symptoms before hand in order to avoid any e...
Liver cancer, any of several forms of disease characterized by tumors in the liver. Most malignant liver tumors are hepatocellular carcinomas, which are especially common in sub-Saharan Africa, Southeast Asia, and China. Learn about the causes, symptoms,
Alcoholic liver disease progresses through three stages:fatty liver, alcoholic hepatitis, and cirrhosis. Each stage involves increasingly severe symptoms and complications. Identifying the disease early and cutting back on alcohol are important for stopping its progression and improving outcomes. ...
Liver failure Liver failure is an urgent, life-threatening medical condition. It means that the liver has lost or is losing all of its function. "Livers typically fail gradually," said Knowlton, "but sometimes [it] can be rapid." Early symptoms of liver failure are general, making it diffi...
Acute liver failure (ALF) is a severe condition characterized by rapidly progressive liver injury, hepatic encephalopathy, and impaired synthetic function, which results in coagulopathy. The most c...
can be irreversible. Signs and symptoms of liver damage can happen in stages and require immediate medical attention. A prompt assessment of the extent of toxicity and related liver damage, as well as the administration of appropriate treatment, is essential to preventing complications and possible ...
Scheicht D,Werthmann ML,Zeglam S,et al. Muscle weak ness and early stages of liver failure in a 22-year old man [J].Internist (Berl) ,2013,54(8) : 1016-1122.Muscle weakness and early stages of liver failure in a 22-year-old man. Scheicht D,Werthmann ML,Zeglam S,et al. The...
Liver cirrhosis has two basic stages. If you find out you have it, your doctor will tell you what stage you're in. Depending on how well your liver is working, they'll say it's either “compensated” or “decompensated.” Which one it is makes a difference in the kind of treatment ...