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What Does Cirrhosis Of The Liver Do To The Body, Plus Other Questions Answered

What is cirrhosis?
Cirrhosis is poor liver function and scarring of the liver.

What causes liver cirrosis?
Liver cirrosis is chronic liver disease. The most common causes someone in the United States gets this disease is from hepatitis C and long-term alcohol abuse. Some other causes include an autoimmune inflammation of the liver, liver drainage system disorders, hepatitis B, medications, and metabolic disorders of iron and copper.

What does cirrhosis of the liver do to the body?
During the early stages of liver disease, you may have some vague symptoms such as loss of sex drive, loss of appetite, weight loss and nausea. As the disease progresses to end-stage, or cirrhosis, and the scar tissue replaces the healthy tissue, your body can go through many more changes. You (or your doctor) may notice excess breast tissue, an enlarged liver or spleen, a distended abdomen, reddened palms, yellow eyes or skin (jaundice), pale or clay colored stools, and cola-colored urine. You may also get easily confused and suffer from memory loss.

What is Lyme Disease and Symptoms of Lyme Disease

Lyme disease (LD) is a multi-system bacterial infection caused by a the spirochete Borrelia burgdoferi (Bb). The pathogen was named in honor of the discoverer and a founding board member of the Lyme Disease Foundation, Willy Burgdorfer, PhD, MD (hon).

The investigators discovered that most of the affected children lived near wooded areas likely to harbor ticks. They also found that the children’s first symptoms typically started in the summer months coinciding with the height of the tick season.

Ecology of Lyme Disease

LD is transmitted to humans by ticks. Larval and nymphal stages feed on infected reservoir hosts, acquire the organism and then, after moulting to the next life stage (nymphs and adults respectively), pass on the infection to humans and other animals. In the northern hemisphere, small placental mammals are reservoir hosts.

Causes of Lyme Disease

What to Expect If You Have Never Been to Rehab

If you or a family member are considering drug or alcohol rehab, you are undoubtedly burdened with many questions about what to expect once you arrive.

Expect to Feel Fear

Fear is a natural and expected emotion for anyone planning to enter a drug and alcohol recovery center. You must realize and accept that you will experience a lot of fear since you are headed into a completely new environment while simultaneously leaving behind your “best friend” (your drug of no choice) which until this point as provided a false sense of safety and comfort.

Expect to See Yourself in a Different Light

Many people refuse rehab because they say they don’t want to be lumped in or associated with “those kinds of people” i.e. the kind of people that go to rehab. This is a clear indication that the addict is in denial about the severity of his or her own situation.

The External Causes Of Birth Defects And What They Do To Your Baby

Couples usually consider pregnancy as an exciting period of waiting. More than that; however, it is also a stressful period of hoping – hoping that the baby comes out complete, healthy and normal. Pregnancy is very crucial. During this period, the mother is expected to practice a healthy lifestyle. Vises like alcoholism, smoking and drugs should be set aside. Failing to do so can cause defects on the baby.

The causes of birth defects vary widely. Most of the time, it is hereditary in nature. However, in some cases, it can be induced by environmental factors – substances and chemicals which can cause the baby several abnormalities. In this article, we will discuss several environmental factors which can possibly cause defects on your offspring.

What Is Hypnosis?

In the most simplistic terms hypnosis can be described as an altered state of consciousness. Most people think of hypnosis as being in a trance like state, but that’s not really an accurate description. When you’re in a hypnotic state you are really in a super-relaxed state of mind where your conscious mind is so relaxed that you’re not thinking at all about normal everyday things. Being hypnotized allows you to connect with your subconscious mind and pull up memories, experiences, and other events that played a significant role in your life or in your development.

Drug and Alcohol Awareness Training ? What works?

Drug and alcohol awareness training is very often one of the most popular courses organisations and providers can offer. The reason being is that it represents an issue that everyone has experience of, and everyone has an opinion on.

 

But too often drug and alcohol awareness training is commissioned by organisations as little more than a tick box exercise and with so many providers in the marketplace how can you be sure that the training you have commissioned is appropriate for your workforce?

 

This is a drug……

 

At its worst drug and alcohol awareness training has consisted of endless representations of drugs, either the drug box (psychical representations of substances) or pictures.

 

Trainers would then go through an exhaustive list of drugs, their effects, signs and symptoms of use, etc, etc.