Tell me how a good liver goes bad.?

Question

Doing a paper on the liver. Have lots of information but not the basic of what makes a liver bad. plz help paper due in 3 days.
If u can help give a brief summary. thanks

Mookie

Answer 1

drinking too much or taking too many drugs will cause a liver to go bad.

Answer 2

I should be able to answer this, as I have end stage liver disease. When I was younger I did IV drugs a few times and got hepatitis C. The hep C kept progressing through the years and it turned into chirossis of the liver. I never drank. Chirossis is caused by disease. Once I got chirossis I began to get very sick with one thing after another. My first problem, unfortunately, was hepatic encephalopathy. That is when the liver stops clearing the toxins from your blood and your ammonia level rises. Ammonia levels measure your cleansing ability and high levels mean that you're head stops functioning right. You get sleepy, forget things and sometimes can't talk and you can go into a coma. They treat this with a medication called lactulose, which helps rid the body of toxins and forces the ammonia level down. It does not go away. You need to take this lactulose to function at all. There are other effects on your liver when it is shutting down. Some people bleed from their esophagus because of the build up of pressure in their throat. Some get ascites, where the stomach swells due to fluid retention. They have to get their abdomen's tapped periodically. That is where they open your stomach and put a tube into it to drain the fluid, but it comes back. Others get very swollen legs and can barely bend or walk. Advanced liver disease is a nightmare, but there are websites to give each other support and support groups and these places and people become your lifeline. A lot of people want a liver transplant, but there are not nearly enough to go around. I am waiting to hear from a transplant hospital on Monday and just keep praying. That's about as brief as I could do it. I hope there is something you can use on your paper.

Answer 3

leaving liver out overnight without refrigeration will cause it to become completely inedible.

As to the human liver, many things will attack it such as Hepititis and other viral and bacterial infections. Since the liver acts to detoxify the blood, many toxins will become concentrated in the liver and affect it's ability to work. Many prescription medicines will damage the liver such as isoniazid the antibiotic for tuberculosis. Common over the counter pain relievers such as Tylenol used only moderately in excess of the allowed doseage can also cause permanent liver damage. This effect is magnified exponentially when Tylenol is combined with alcohol.

Before modern medicines were available, the sole cause was primarily alcohol.

Answer 4

Sorry, the only thing I know is alcohol causes damage and that the liver is the toughest organ in the body, but everyone else will say the same.

Answer 5

The liver is an organ in vertebrates, including humans. It plays a major role in metabolism and has a number of functions in the body including glycogen storage, plasma protein synthesis, and drug detoxification. It also produces bile, which is important in digestion. It has been described as the chemical plant of the body, as it performs and regulates a wide variety of high-volume biochemical reactions requiring specialized tissues. Medical terms related to the liver often start in hepato- or hepatic from the Greek word for liver, hepar.

Many diseases of the liver are accompanied by jaundice caused by increased levels of bilirubin in the system. The bilirubin results from the breakup of the hemoglobin of dead red blood cells; normally, the liver removes bilirubin from the blood and excretes it through bile.

Hepatitis, inflammation of the liver, caused mainly by various viruses but also by some poisons, autoimmunity or hereditary conditions.
Cirrhosis is the formation of fibrous tissue in the liver, replacing dead liver cells. The death of the liver cells can for example be caused by viral hepatitis, alcoholism or contact with other liver-toxic chemicals.
Hemochromatosis, a hereditary disease causing the accumulation of iron in the body, eventually leading to liver damage.
Cancer of the liver (primary hepatocellular carcinoma or cholangiocarcinoma and metastatic cancers, usually from other parts of the gastrointestinal tract).
Wilson's disease, a hereditary disease which causes the body to retain copper.
Primary sclerosing cholangitis, an inflammatory disease of the bile duct, autoimmune in nature.
Primary biliary cirrhosis, autoimmune disease of small bile ducts
Budd-Chiari syndrome, obstruction of the hepatic vein.
Gilbert's syndrome, a genetic disorder of bilirubin metabolism, found in about 5% of the population.

Things that could damage your liver...
Zithromax® (Azithromycin), sometimes called the Z-pack, is a highly popular and highly potent antibiotic sold by Pfizer. It can cause severe liver damage and liver failure resulting in death

TUESDAY, July 4 (HealthDay News) -- In a new study, people who repeatedly took the maximum recommended daily dose of acetaminophen(Tylenol) developed abnormalities in blood tests that can be a signal for liver damage

Chronic alcoholism: Alcohol can poison all living cells, causing liver cells to become inflamed and die.

HAART therapy can cause serious or even fatal liver damage.

Accutane has been linked to an increased occurrence of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), Crohn's Disease, Ulcerative Colitis, Irratable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Musculoskeletal Disorders, Multiple Sclerosis, Diabetes, Hepatitis, Hepatotoxicity, and Liver Damage.

The liist goes on and on, searc hthe web with "liver Damage if you need more. Hope this stuff helps.

Answer 6

Hepatitis, alcoholism or chronic drinking, amoeba infection, Coccidioidomycosis (fungus), biliary obstruction, cancer and a number of others, but that ought to get you started, and time is short!

By the way, the reasonable people here know that you are trying to do your homework, that's why you asked. Don't listen to those who give you nasty responses.

Answer 7

Too much alcohol and drugs. Even regular over the counter drugs like Advil, if taken in excess.

Answer 8

you dont know what you got until its gone. i just lost an uncle last year to a bad liver, not the best moment in my life people have to treat their insides just like the outside.if you want it to last you must take care of it

Answer 9

the liver is the organ for detoxifying toxins...Putting too many toxins in (alcohol, drugs, etc.) stresses out the liver...see wikipedia under sclorosis.

Answer 10

Drinking alcoholic beverages. Also taking way to much Tylenol!