wat is liver failure? wat can cause liver failure?wat is Hepatitis A,Hepatitis B,Hepatitis C?

Answer 1

Liver failure is, simply, when the liver fails. The liver is often called the jack of all trade and does many different things. It releases glucose when the body is stressed, plays a role is the clotting of blood, and (among many other things) filters many toxins from the body. As a result of this, the liver has a massive blood supply.
Liver failure can result from many different causes, including viruses, toxins (such as some medications but usually alcohol), and various conditions such as deposits of fat directly into the liver and congenital defects.
People with liver failure become very sick. The failure can be acute, occurring very quickly, or slowly over time. Different people show different signs at different times. Many will have a yellowish tint to their skin and eyes, they may bruise easily and bleed freely. The liver may become hard (cirrhosis) and blood may no longer flow though it easily. Instead the blood may back up in areas such as the esophagus and the blood vessel their may become engored and distended (esophageal varices), which may rupture, causing significant bleeding. Because of other changes water may start to seep out of blood vessels, causing swelling--especially in the abdomen.
Hepatitis is inflammation of the liver, which can (but does not always) lead to liver failure. Hepatitis A,B,C,D,E, etc are a number of different viruses that can cause hepatitis. Hepatitis A is spread by the fecal-oral route (i.e., not washing your hands before you eat) and by consumption of raw or purely cooked food. Hepatitis B and C are spread by contact with blood and other body fluids (such as through IV drug use, sexual contact, etc). Other types of hepatitis viruses (D, E, etc) are usually co-infections secondary to infections with Hepatitis B. Effective vaccines for Hepatitis A and B exist and are readily available. Treatment for Hepatitis C also exist.

Answer 2

Liver failure is simply when your liver stops functioning like it should. You can experience partial liver failure, when your liver is still working but not hard enough to keep you going without help, or total liver failure, when it quits altogether. Liver failure can be influenced by many factors, but the main causes are choriosis of the liver caused by alcohol and choriosis of the liver caused by viral hepatitis. There are three main types of viral hepatitis, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C, which I happen to have studied in depth. Hep A is usually caused by fecal contamination (poop) and lasts for only a very short time. It almost never leads to liver failure. Hep B is usually caused by contact with contaminated blood and also lasts for a short time. It rarely leads to liver failure, either. Hep C, though, is the killer. 80% of hep C cases are chronic, meaning that you have them for the rest of your life. Between 10 and 20% cause liver failure and result in death.

Answer 3

I've survived liver failure..you really don't want to go there...you can get it from some Hepatitis strains or alcohol abuse or in my case unknown situations...hepatitis is a liver disease..doctors think that there may be more than A B C but are unsure of the differences in symptoms....in any case liver failure leaves you really ill..and if you're lucky enough to recover (as I was) you'll never forget how sick, or close to death that you were.

Answer 4

Hepatitis A,B,C are viral infections of liver..Liver failure is not diagnosed as such because liver totally does not fail except as a terminal illness..

Answer 5

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