{"id":5622,"date":"2020-01-13T12:17:20","date_gmt":"2020-01-13T12:17:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.piczasso.com\/?p=5622"},"modified":"2020-02-28T05:38:11","modified_gmt":"2020-02-28T05:38:11","slug":"understanding-liver-failure-and-its-treatment-options","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.piczasso.com\/understanding-liver-failure-and-its-treatment-options\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding Liver Failure and Its Treatment Options"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">One of the terrifying diseases that are hampering human health to a deadly extent is a hepatic failure. It requires not only immediate attention but also demands proper medical care and treatment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Liver failure takes place when different parts of the liver get damaged and become irreparable, forcing the liver to halt its working completely. Although it takes place gradually, over a long period; yet it has become a very terrifying and delicate disease concerning human anatomy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Types of Liver Failure<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Acute: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In this type, the liver gets damaged in a short period, within days or weeks. The damages worsen in such a short time that people usually don&#8217;t even get time to afford treatment.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Chronic:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> This type develops slowly and gradually, taking years of a patient.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>SYMPTOMS<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Liver failure<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is not only a disease but acts as the last stage of various liver diseases. Suffering from it might be a symptom of other liver diseases too.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Feeling Nauseated<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Decreased Appetite<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tiredness or Fatigue<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Diarrhoea<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Jaundice<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Internal bleeding<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Swollen belly<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mental Muddling<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dizziness<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Causes<\/b><\/p><div class=\"mehvs6791291f603da\" ><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1998875270506674\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"5700030306\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n<\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 1201px) {\r\n.mehvs6791291f603da {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 993px) and (max-width: 1200px) {\r\n.mehvs6791291f603da {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 769px) and (max-width: 992px) {\r\n.mehvs6791291f603da {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 768px) {\r\n.mehvs6791291f603da {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (max-width: 767px) {\r\n.mehvs6791291f603da {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n<\/style>\r\n\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Consuming Poisonous Mushrooms:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> A type of wild mushroom, known as Amanita phalloides, has harmful elements that can damage your liver and progress to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.maxhealthcare.in\/our-specialities\/liver-transplant-and-biliary-sciences\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>liver failure<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> within no time.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Wilson&#8217;s Disease:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> It is a hereditary disease in which the body is unable to remove copper and therefore, the build-up within damages the liver.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Overdose of Acetaminophen: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Massive doses of acetaminophen can severely affect your liver and lead to <\/span><b>liver failure<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Hepatitis B:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> In this disease, your liver undergoes unusual swelling, which makes it impossible to carry on with its normal working.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Long-term Alcohol Consumption: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Consuming alcohol regularly and without any control can damage your liver adversely and fail it.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Galactosemia:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Some people are unable to process a form of sugar called galactose. Accumulation of the same leads to failure in the long term.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Diagnosis<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Blood Tests:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Blood tests like that of Prothrombin can help your doctor detect if you are suffering from acute liver failure.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Imaging Tests: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Several imaging tests like ultrasound, MRI, CT scan can be helpful to identify the problems regarding your liver more accurately.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Biopsy:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> In this process, your doctor will take out a small piece of your liver and inspect it in the lab to figure out what is wrong.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Treatments<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Medication:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> If the liver is not much damaged and was once healthy (in case of acute liver damage), the procedure might get limited to drugs. For example, if it is a case of poisonous mushroom consumption, then inducing Acetylcysteine into the body might reverse the damages.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Liver Transplant:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> This treatment is usually the last step in most of the chronic cases when the injuries are not at all possible to repair. If your liver is severely damaged, then you might be put on a transplant list for a liver transplant.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b><i>Supportive Care:<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Supportive care is the first choice of doctors when it comes to liver failure caused by viruses. The institutions provide your medical care and support until the virus&#8217; cycle is over.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"xmmrb6791291f6040f\" ><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1998875270506674\"\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-format=\"autorelaxed\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1998875270506674\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"7088211392\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 1201px) {\r\n.xmmrb6791291f6040f {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 993px) and (max-width: 1200px) {\r\n.xmmrb6791291f6040f {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 769px) and (max-width: 992px) {\r\n.xmmrb6791291f6040f {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 768px) {\r\n.xmmrb6791291f6040f {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (max-width: 767px) {\r\n.xmmrb6791291f6040f {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n<\/style>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the terrifying diseases that are hampering human health to a deadly extent is a hepatic failure. It requires not only immediate attention but also demands proper medical care and treatment. Liver failure takes place when different parts of the liver get damaged and become irreparable, forcing the liver to halt its working completely. 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