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What causes a lacerated liver?
The liver is a large organ in the right upper part of the abdomen. When people have severe trauma to the abdomen it can rip (the laceration) and cause life threatening bleeding (or bleeding that is not bad - it varies). If the bleeding if felt to be serious the treatment is to do surgery and repair it.
How long does it take to heal from a grade 5 liver laceration?
The amount if time that it takes for a laceration to heal depends on several different factors including how deep and how long the laceration is and how good or bad the immune system is of the patient with the laceration.
Can someone with liver disease ride roller coasters?
Yes it can. Sudden jolts and jerks on a roller coaster rides and even bungee jumping can cause laceration and tears in the liver and spleen leading to internal bleeding. Retinal detachment can also occur in bungee jumping.
Can you drink after having a lacerated liver?
Yes, just as soon as your liver is healed. How soon will your liver heal? That depends on your body and the grade of laceration. For me, I have a third degree liver laceration. It will be approximately three months before my liver is healed. The liver filters poisons from the body. The body considers alcohol to be a poison. You can see the problem in drinking alcohol in that if the body's filtration mechanism is not fully functional problems will arise... ask yourself where that poison will go, or better yet, where will that poison stay?
How long will your liver function properly after broken rib caused laceration and is possibly still stuck in liver?
First of all, sucks to be you. You only have 2 hours and 45 minutes in most cases. You could be lucky and live for 4-5 hours but not much more.
Can your cold or virus cause your liver enzyme levels to rise?
Your cold or virus certainly can cause your liver enzyme levels to rise. There are a number of other factors that could cause this as well.
What could beer cause?
Beer can cause liver disease, malabsorption, chronic pancreatitis,etc. Its common cause is cancer.
What drugs cause yellow skin?
certain antibiotics and if you have jaundice from a failing liver, many things could cause it.
You have to much protein in your body what could the cause be?
Your liver isn't filtering the protein correctly.
Should you give aspirin to a child?
No, Because you could cause them serious damage to the liver.
Can fat sparing area in liver cause a disease?
I believe a fatty liver can cause disease but it could be from something controllable. It sounds like you're leaving out info needed to accurately answer your question.
Can heat exhaustion cause elevated liver enzymes?
No, dehydration cannot cause elevated liver enzymes. Vitamin deficiency and damage to liver can cause the enzymes of the liver to be elevated.
