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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.
The second leading cause of alcohol related death is?
Traffic fatalities.
What disease puts dry spots on a liver?
A disease that can cause dry spots on the liver is cirrhosis. Cirrhosis is a late stage of scarring (fibrosis) of the liver caused by many forms of liver diseases and conditions, such as hepatitis and chronic alcoholism. Over time, cirrhosis can lead to loss of liver function and the development of dry, scarred areas on the liver.
What is a diseases marked by scarring of the liver that is cause by alcohol?
Cirrhosis
What conditions cause cirrhosis?
Chronic liver infections, such as hepatitis B and particularly hepatitis C, are commonly linked to cirrhosis.
How does obesity cause liver disease?
Yes. Obesity can cause non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, which will enlarge the liver and which my develop to cirrhosis.
Is cirrhosis communicable?
Cirrhosis is not a disease in itself, it is a stage of liver failure (the final stage, in fact). Whether it is "communicable" or not depends on whether the cause of the cirrhosis is communicable.
What is a deadly disease that is usually cause by drinking alchol a lot?
Cirrhosis of the liver.
Apart from hepatitis-C what is the most common cause for cirrhosis?
Prolonged abusive consumption of alcohol has been know to cause cirrhosis of the liver as well as an array of other diseases.
Can artichokes heal cirrhosis?
Once a liver has developed cirrhosis, there is no way to reverse the damage. The only "cure" for cirrhosis is liver transplant.
What sort of Doctor is a specialist for treating a liver patient?
Many doctors deal with patients who have cirrhosis, mainly depending on what the cause of the cirrhosis was. But there is a specialty who deals with the liver, a hepatologist.
Is liver cirrhosis and liver abscess the same?
No. Cirrhosis is a degeneration of cells, leading to impaired liver function and liver damage. Where as a liver abscess is an accumulation of pus.
