wat is liver failure,wat causes liver failure,?

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Liver Failure
What is liver failure?
Liver failure occurs when large parts of the liver become damaged beyond repair and the liver is no longer able to function.

Liver failure is a life-threatening condition that demands urgent medical care. Most often liver failure occurs gradually and over many years. However, a more rare condition known as acute liver failure occurs rapidly (in as little as 48 hours) and can be difficult to detect initially.

What causes liver failure?
The most common causes of liver failure are:

Hepatitis B
Hepatitis C
Long term, excessive alcohol consumption
Cirrhosis
Hemochromatosis
Malnutrition
The causes of acute liver failure, however, are often different. These include:

Acetaminophen (Tylenol) overdose - this is one of the most common causes of acute liver failure
Viruses including hepatitis A, B, and C (especially in children)
Reactions to certain prescription medications
Ingestion of poisonous wild mushrooms
What are the symptoms of liver failure?
The initial symptoms of liver failure are often ones that can be due to any number or conditions. Because of this, liver failure may initially difficult to diagnose. Among these early symptoms are:

Nausea
Loss of appetite
Fatigue
Diarrhea
However, as liver failure progresses, the symptoms become more serious, indicating that urgent treatment is required. These symptoms include:

Jaundice
Bleeding easily
Swollen abdomen
Mental disorientation or confusion (known as hepatic encephalopathy)
Sleepiness
Coma
How is liver failure treated?
If detected early enough, acute liver failure caused by an overdose of acetaminophen can sometimes be treated and its effects reversed. Likewise, if a virus causes liver failure, supportive care can be given at a hospital to treat the symptoms until the virus runs its course. In these cases, the liver can then sometimes recover on its own. For liver failure that is the result of long-term deterioration, the initial focus may be on saving whatever part of the liver is still functioning. If this is not possible, the only way to save a patient’s life is for him or her to receive a transplant. Fortunately, liver transplants are a common procedure that is often successful. Approximately 75 percent of patients who receive a liver transplant survive more than 10 years.

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too much alcohol..however liver failure will make some good foie de gras

alcoholism
hepatitis
liver cancer
hepatoma
autoimmune hepatitis
cirrhosis of the liver Liver failure is when the liver becomes unable to do it's job (cleaning up the blood). Natural biological toxins then begin to build up until the patient dies.

Liver failure can be caused by alcohol, several diseases (eg. Hepatitis), physical injury, and many over the counter medications that contain Tylenol (acetaminophen). Liver failure is when the liver stops working.
Often alcohol abuse; too often paracetamol overdose, also sometimes infection (Hepatitis, for instance)
Prognosis:- FUBAR
No-one dear to you, I hope. Drugs, too much alcohol, not enough PURE water, eating too many processed foods.

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