When liver and kidney failure sets in because of alchoholism how bad is it?

Answer 1

deadly

Answer 2

1

Answer 3

I once learned in a class that you can live with a 5% functional Liver. I do not know if that information is still true, but I have heard that the liver does have the ability to rejuvenate so staying away from alcohol is crucial to healing. Also avoiding anything and everything that is toxic to the liver will help. It is difficult to get an alcoholic to cooperate in spite of the illnesses. They are sick when they drink and sick when they don't so they are often not motivated to stop.

Answer 4

Horrible.
Kidney failure is a horrible disease. You have to go on dialysis, and those treatments are aweful... and you are stuck on a machine awaiting nothing, because you are not going to end up getting a liver and a kidney probably....
Liver failure can cause build up of bile acids = itching, problems with the clotting factors = bleeding.. etc. etc...
You will have toxins building up left and right, and have your organs shut down..
You get encephalopathy of the brain.
etc.

Answer 5

Both are bad but you can live with one kidney. You cannot live without a liver. And it would be hard to qualify for a transplant if the cause of you losing the one you have is due to drinking.

Answer 6

If the lifestyle that produced it doesn't change, then fatal 100% of the time. Clean out system with gallons of water and stop treating your body so horribly. Milk+sugar=alcohol, processed foods not good for liver/kidneys, meat not very helpful either.

Answer 7

you should not even put alchohol on an open cut because it kills the tissue...in the case of liver and kidney damage, once again, death ensues. If this is a plight of yourself or a loved one, you have my sympathy.

Answer 8

Path of destruction has set in. Douse the patient in milk thistle....

There is proven data to show that it can stabalize severe liver disorders, especially from alchohol.

for kidney, tons of cranberry and uva ursi. (no sugar). Juice the cranberries yourself or get "Just Cranberry" one bottle every day from your local health store.

Your life is worth it.

Answer 9

Alcoholic liver disease

Definition:

Alcoholic liver disease involves an acute or chronic inflammation of the liver induced by alcohol abuse. See also cirrhosis.


Alternative Names:
Liver disease due to alcohol; Cirrhosis or hepatitis - alcoholic; Laennec's cirrhosis
Causes, incidence, and risk factors:

Alcoholic liver disease usually occurs after years of excessive drinking. The longer the duration of alcohol use and the greater the consumption of alcohol, the greater the probability of developing liver disease. Acute alcoholic hepatitis can result from binge drinking, and may be life-threatening if severe.

Malnutrition develops as a result of empty calories from alcohol, reduced appetite, and malabsorption (inadequate absorption of nutrients from the intestinal tract). Malnutrition contributes to liver disease.

The toxicity of ethanol to the liver, individual susceptibility to alcohol-induced liver disease, and genetic factors also contribute to the development of alcoholic liver disease.

Alcoholic liver disease does not affect all heavy drinkers, and women may be more susceptible than men. Drunkenness is not essential for the development of the disease.

Changes start within the liver as inflammation (hepatitis) and progress to fatty liver and cirrhosis. Cirrhosis is the final phase of alcoholic liver disease. Symptoms may not be present until the disease is relatively advanced.

Serious complications are associated with advanced disease such as alcoholic encephalopathy (damage to brain tissue) and portal hypertension (high blood pressure within the liver).

ALSO?

Alcoholic ketoacidosis

Definition:




Alcoholic ketoacidosis is an accumulation of ketones (a type of acid) in the blood, caused by excessive alcohol consumption.


Alternative Names:
Ketoacidosis - alcoholic
Causes, incidence, and risk factors:

This disorder can be a complication of alcohol use, especially excessive alcohol use.

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST?

Analgesic nephropathy

Definition:




Analgesic nephropathy involves damage to one or both kidneys caused by overexposure to mixtures of medications, especially over-the-counter pain remedies (analgesics).


Alternative Names:
Phenacetin nephritis; Nephropathy - analgesic
Causes, incidence, and risk factors:

Analgesic nephropathy is one type of toxic injury to the kidney. It is usually a result of prolonged or chronic ingestion of analgesics, especially over-the-counter (OTC) medications that contain phenacetin or acetaminophen and nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) including aspirin or ibuprofen.

The ingestion may have been excessive, with as much as 4 to 5 pounds of total medication ingested over a period of years, or about 3 pills per day for 6 years. This frequently occurs as a result of self-medication, often for some type of chronic pain.

Analgesic nephropathy occurs in about 4 out of 100,000 people, mostly women over 30. The rate has decreased significantly since phenacetin is no longer widely available in OTC preparations.

Risk factors include use of OTC analgesics containing more than one active ingredient, chronic headache, chronic backache or musculoskeletal pain, pain with menstrual periods, emotional and/or behavioral changes, and history of dependent behaviors including smoking, alcoholism, and excessive use of tranquilizers. There may also have been a history of the following conditions:

Urinary tract infections (see acute UTI )
Interstitial nephritis
Renal calculi
Prerenal azotemia
Congestive heart failure
Blood volume depletion (such as dehydration )
The damage occurs within the internal structures of the kidney. There is interstitial nephritis and renal papillary necrosis, eventually leading to acute renal failure or chronic renal failure. The tissue of the kidney may slough off into the urine.

There may be blood and pus in the urine, with or without positive urine cultures or other signs of infection, and there may be minimal or no loss of protein in the urine.

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Answer 10

well you can live with kidney failure[dialysis] the liver is vital you cannot live without it. the answer is death unless God gives you a miracle.

Answer 11

When your kidneys fail, you only have about 48 hours.