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Which organ is responsible for eliminating alcohol from the blood stream?
The liver is able to break down alcohol by way of an enzyme called alcohol dehydrogenase. However, over consumption of alcohol can damage the liver, causing fatty liver disease, alcoholic hepatitis, or cirrhosis of the liver.
What things cause fatty liver disease?
Fatty tissue is also called as lipomas. Lipomas is a growth of fatty tissue that slowly develops just under your skin. The causes for the fatty tissues are unknown.
What is mild fatty liver?
Mild fatty liver disease is when the liver contains more than five percent of its weight in fat. This can be caused by factors such as heavy alcohol use, Hepatitis C, too much iron, or obesity.
Is Triglyceride a disease or an illness?
A triglyceride is a fatty compound, made up of a glycerol backbone and 3 fatty acids covalently bound to glycerol. Neither a disease or illness but consumption of fatty foods can lead to myriad of health issues.
What happens when you eat fatty foods before intake of alcohol?
You need much more alcohol to get drunk. It is most cost effective to drink before (or instead of) eating. Consumption of fatty meals after excessive alcohol intake does not generally annul the effects of alcohol.
What is meant by fatty liver and its side effect?
A person who is overweight, over the age of 40, and who has diabetes may have a fatty liver. This can also be caused by alcohol consumption and certain medications. Side effects are high blood pressure and high triglycerides.
What is the cause of a small liver?
Cirrhosis and nodular cirrhosis can cause a small liver. Cirrhosis can be caused by alcohol abuse, hepatitis B and C, fatty liver disease, or something else.
If alt or sgpt in the liver function test is 114 what does that mean?
alcohol abuse, fatty liver disease
What is pain on top of stomach area from?
This could be pancreatitus. I myself have suffered from this several times. It is quite rare but can be caused by excessive alcohol consumption. The best advice is to go to A & E and to refrain from eating and drinking all together ESPECIALLY fatty foods.
How long does it take to get cirrhosis?
most people who are chronic alcoholics will develop this dreadful disease in their lifetime. Answer 2- It is actually estimated that only 10-20% of chronic alcoholics will develop the disease over the course of more than a decade of heavy drinking due to the multitude of factors involved. Nutrition, age, sex, quantity of alcohol consumed, duration of alcohol consumption, etc., are all thought to play a role as is a biological predisposition to the detrimental effects of alcohol consumption.
What does NHDL stand for in blood tests?
Non-High Density Lipoprotein. It is a marker for a "fatty liver" not caused by alcohol.
What kind of disease can you get from alchol?
Alcohol ruins more families nad causes more diseases than any other drug. One major disease alcohol affects is heart disease. Moderate alcohol consumption raises the good cholesteral and reduces plaque in your arteries. TOO much alcohol weakens and enlarges the heart as well as blood pressure. Alcohol can also cause three different types of liver deseases such as fatty liver- builds up fat in the liver and can cause hepatitis, hepatitis- can cause you to feel sickturn yellowish to the skin, and pain on the liver, and cirrhosis- where the liver is scarred.
