BIO-17 Lecture Notes - Lecture 32: Viral Hepatitis, Bilirubin, Metabolic Waste
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Liver has a large functional reserve that must suffer a large loss before become. The metabolic consequences of liver disease are serious and include? symptomatic. Bleeding associated with a deficiency of coagulation factors. Edema, associated with a deficiency of albumin. Failure to absorb intestinal fat because of a deficiency of bile acids. Viral hepatitis is a common contagious disease. Cirrhosis is the final endpoint for many liver disease. Functions of the liver: clearance of waste products. Liver only organ to remove heme waste product. Fat accumulates in liver secondary to injury. May be caused by chemical and solvents. Impaired liver function but injury is still reversible. Often symptomatic of liver or gallbladder problem. Bile made in liver, stored in gall bladder. Bile functions to emulsify fats so they can be digested. Gallstones in the gallbladder or biliary tree. About 1 million new cases/yr in u. Usually no symptoms until they begin to move, mid size stones are the worst.
