The formation of scar tissue as a result of prolonged inflammation. Hepatocytes can no longer repair themselves
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Cirrhosis
Newly formed hepatocytes cluster together in scar tissue. Scarring and nodule formation destroys the relationship between hepatocytes and blood flow and bile drainage.
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What can liver damage cause?
Portal hypertension, Oedema and acities, Bleeding, Liver failure
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What is hepatitis?
Inflammation of the liver
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What is hepatitis caused by?
Autoimmune disease, drugs and toxins, alcohol
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what are the different types of hepatitis?
A&E, B, C, and D
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Hepatitis A and E
Acute! Feacal - oral route, caused by poor sanitation. Vaccine available for A but not for E
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Hepatitis B:
Acute / chronic. Through infected blood or other bodily fluids. Vaccine available
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Hepatitis C:
Chronic, Contracted through infected blood, NO vaccine available but there is medication to prevent the virus from replicating.
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Hepatitis D:
Acute/ Chonic. Occurs iin those who have contracted type B. Vaccine for B.
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Alcohol related liver disease:
Caused by excessive alcohol consumption regularly, Alcohol is catabolised into toxic by products
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Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease:
caused by an excess of fat build up that produces toxic by products. It damages the membranes within lobules
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Name 3 tumours found in the liver
Benign- Haemangioma, malignant- Hepatocellular carnicoma, Metastases from GI tract, breast and lung
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