Posted by rainbowbrite on May 29, 2005, at 13:03:52
In reply to Re: kinda Morbid Question- alcohol » rainbowbrite, posted by Larry Hoover on May 28, 2005, at 21:48:29
Hi Lar
> That regenerating capacity has limits, of course. And there are so many factors. Alcohol abuse often means poor diet, and both have profound effects on the liver. Viruses (hepatitis). Toxins (e.g. pesticides). Genetic influences. There's no simple answer. Yet, there is a point where damage is considered to be irreversible. At that point, only a transplant can change the prognosis.
So maybe its not as bad as I was thinking....If a person has a yellow hue to them, very very faint..do you know if thats a sign of irreversible damage....actually I should read the article beofre I ask :)
> I honestly don't know of anything that shrinks the liver. It's not ringing any bells, anyway.
Ok so maybe I got it all mixed up....Maybe their liver had expanded and then shrunk back to normal size. I think im going to go to the source and see if I can get the facts out of them becaues now Im not sure what I heard anymore.> Cirrhosis isn't just a disease caused by alcohol. There are many other kinds, too. Some people who've never had a drop of alcohol die of cirrhosis. Here's a nice article on that:
http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/cirrhosis/Thanks for the article!
> It's a pretty rough way to go. And it takes a while (usually).
thats what I was afraid of.
> I can't answer the question about why some people are so much more vulnerable to the adverse effects of alcohol than others. It probably has to do with the individual risk factors for liver failure. Apart from some specific brain effects (really due to poor diet, especially vitamin B3 deficiency), alcohol usually kills via liver damage (or deaths attributed to "accidents").
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> Lar
>Thanks for your help and info.
rain
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