The itching is caused by the excretion of toxins from the body.
Itching that comes from drug-induced liver disease is called pruritus. This can be an ongoing symptom of liver disease that may require special medication.
Heart disease, Cirrhosis, liver disease
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sclerosis of the liver
Irshad A. Ahmad has written: 'Prevention of the chronic ethanol-induced fatty liver in the rat by antioxidant G-50.' -- subject(s): Liver, Diseases
toxic hepatitis is a drug induced liver injury caused by many conventional drugs of supplementary substances.
Liver disease does not cause allergic reactions in your body. You get severe type of itching in liver diseases. This is due to elevated Bilirubin levels. This itching is not relieved by anti allergic drugs. How this happens is probably not known, exactly.
Hepatitis, inflammation of the liver. Caused mainly by various Viruses, but Also by some poisons ( alcohol, Autoimmune hepatitis) or hereditary conditions.
inflammation of the liver, gallbladder, and/or the channels (ducts) that carry bile between and within the liver, gallbladder, and intestine
No, Jaundice is a yellow color of the skin caused by certain diseases. Some of these diseases are viral. For example, jaundice can be a symptom of Hepatitis A, a disease of the liver which is caused by a virus and which is infectious (it can be transmitted from person to person).
Cancer caused by smoking is a pretty common example. Drinking can cause cirrhosis or liver poisoning. Diabetes can be caused by diet.
Scar tissue that forms in the liver is called cirrhosis. Technically cirrhosis is not a "disease"; it is a stage of liver malfunction. In fact, it is the final stage after fibrosis. Cirrhosis of the liver is most often caused by alcoholism, but can be caused by other diseases as well.
Sheila Sherlock has written: 'A colour atlas of liver disease' -- subject(s): Atlases, Liver, Diseases 'Color atlas of liver disease' -- subject(s): Atlases, Diseases, Liver, Liver Diseases