Swollen Liver
Swollen Liver Swollen liver, also known as enlarged liver or heptomegaly, is a symptom of liver disease in which the liver swells to a size larger than normal. This can be a symptom of several...
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Liver Damage From Alcohol Alcohol consumption is well known as a factor in many liver disorders, including alcoholic heptomegaly, alcoholic hepatitis, cirrhosis of the liver, fatty liver disease, and...
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Hepatomegaly Hepatomegaly, also known as enlarged liver, is a condition in which the liver is enlarged over its normal dimensions. Hepatomegaly is a symptom of many different underlying liver...
View ArticleSymptoms Of Cirrhosis
Symptoms of Cirrhosis In Children The liver is one of the most important organs in the body. It is responsible for several elements of life, including filtering toxins out of our blood, controlling the...
View ArticleSigns Of Liver Damage
Signs Of Liver Damage One of the most frustrating things about liver disease is that the symptoms don't show up until the damage has already been done. The liver is one of the most important organs of...
View ArticleLiver Cirrhosis
Liver Cirrhosis Liver Cirrhosis is a medical term used to describe the end stage and condition of chronic liver disease. It indicates scarring and eventual failure of the liver caused by a variety of...
View ArticleHigh Liver Enzymes
High Liver Enzymes Causes When a physician suspects that a patient might have liver inflammation or some other form of liver disease or damage, one of the very first things that he does is order blood...
View ArticleAlanine Aminotransferase
Alanine Aminotransferase Assay Having blood work done is always somewhat frightening, especially because you are not completely sure what is being tested for, or what a good or bad result looks like or...
View ArticleLiver Enzymes
Liver Enzymes Elevated The human liver is one of the most complicated and multi-functional organs in the body, surpassed, perhaps, only by the brain. Among its many functions are detoxification...
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