Informative Speech On Chronic Liver Disease

A How would you act if you found out that you were about to lose someone you were close too because of a stupid disease? Chronic liver disease- is a disease process of the liver that involves a process of progressive destruction and regeneration to the liver.
Personally I know it sucks because I’ve had too deal with it. It’s hard to watch someone you love and care about go through it the four stages of it and then end up dying at the end of it. Approximately 3.5 to 4.6 million are infected with chronic liver disease(John Hopkins). Chronic liver disease rising every day even in young teens.
Body Paragraph 1:This disease is mainly caused by Hepatitis and other viruses. Alcohol abuse. Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease(this happens from metabolic
But the only way from making sure this doesn't happen is up too you to change and to prevent it from happening in your life. Think about the other people around you in your life, they don’t want to watch you waste your life away. Yes it may be fun in all but the outcome is horrible because when the time comes you wish you could go back to the day it all started. So try and understand you can change it. One way is to stay away from alcohol try to avoid it and keep it out of you life, lowering the alcohol intake will slow the issue down. Second way is to getting vaccines too see if you have hepatitis. Hepatitis is a liver infection. Evaluate drug toxicity if you take medications they may be hepatotoxic, damaging or instructive of the liver cells(Riley, Thomas R, and Jill P
Stage 1:There are two insignifiant complications the first one is varices and the second is ascites. Varices are dilated, ballooned veins. Usually located on the esophagus and/or stomach. Ascites refers to an accumulation of fluid in the abdominal cavity. They both developed because of obstructed blood flow through the liver, a condition known as portal hypertension. Stage 2: Chronic liver disease is marked by development esophageal varices, do too worsening portal hypertension, but without the presence of ascites. While the development of the esophageal varices indicates worsening of chronic liver disease and increases the risk of dying in the next 12 months. In stage 3 is when the liver is failing. Once decompensated chronic liver disease hits liver scarring is irreversible and evaluation of liver transportation is generally recommended. During stage 3 your systems: pale and/yellowish skin, weight loss and loss of appetite, shortness of breath, extreme fatigue, widespread itchiness, swelling or the feet, ankles,and legs; wasting of the muscles on arms and legs. In stage 4 there is gastrointestinal bleeding, usually from ruptured varices in the esophagus stomach. Even if the bleeding is stopped you still have a high risk of dying in the next 12 months. Some signs are confusion, hand tremors, reduced urination, and high