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What happens if you don't have a liver?

Updated: 8/10/2023
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11y ago

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A person cannot live without a healthy liver, because of the contributions of the organ to digestion and to cleansing the blood.

But an adult with a failed liver can survive (under extensive medical care) for a day or two, possibly as long as 3 days, before a transplant becomes necessary. (In some cases, a partial transplant may be used to allow a damaged liver to regenerate.)

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Bile prevents the fermentation of food in the intestine.It also helps in digestion and elimination of waste matter .So if its not secreted it causes indigestion of fats a condition called steatorhhea

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You can not live without a liver.

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