issues are raised in “Alcoholics and Liver Transplants” (JAMA‚ March 13‚ 1991‚ Vol. 265‚ pp. 1299-1301). The authors‚ Carl Cohen and Martin Benjamin dissect the many arguments against giving liver transplants to those who abuse alcohol. Alcoholic cirrhosis of the liver‚ severe scarring due to the heavy use of alcohol is by far the major cause of end-stage liver disease. Cohen and Martin do not believe that someone that has induced this disease by alcohol abuse is no less deserving of a liver transplant
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1mg/kg in 2hour.ROUTE: Oral‚ IV‚ IM | Inhibits reabsorption of sodium and chloride from the proximal and distal tubules and ascending limb of the loop of Henle‚ leading to a sodium rich dieresis. | ORAL‚IV: Edema‚ associated with heart failure‚ cirrhosis‚ renal diseaseIV: acute pulmonary edemaORAL: hypertension | Contraindicated with allergy to furosemide‚ sulfonamides‚ allergy to tartrazine (in oral solution); anuria‚ severe renal failure‚ hepatic coma‚ pregnancy‚ lactation.Use cautiously with
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digestion of nutrients that the body needs to stay healthy. Alcoholism also causes severe damage in the neurons‚ so it causes alterations in the body movements‚ loss of appetite‚ and depression. There are other effects in the body like gastritis and cirrhosis of the liver. All these physical consequences could cause your death if you drink alcohol in mass quantities. The second effects caused by alcoholism are psychological. At the beginning‚ alcohol makes you feel relaxed‚ but if you drink it in excess
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Alcohol consumption should be banned A dizzying array of research suggests alcohol can have both good and bad effects‚ but making sense of such studies all comes down to preaching about the evil effects of alcohol and the substantial impact on our health. Alcohol is more than just an ordinary beverage. Alcohol’s consequences weigh more than any of its positives. This debate points out few of the reasons as to why alcohol should be banned. Firstly‚ alcohol should be illegal because it is just
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Digestion is a process in which the food that we eat is broken down into tiny nutrients to be taken in by the body. Within the human digestive system‚ chemical and physical reactions occur that allow for the digestion and the absorption of proteins into the bloodstream. The purpose of this paper is to show how chemistry relates to the daily functions within the body. There are two types of digestion processes‚ which are called mechanical and chemical digestion. Mechanical digestion includes the
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dyspepsia. 13. The medical term for inflammation of the stomach is gastritis. 14. The medical term for accumulation of fluid in the peritoneal cavity is ascites. 15. A chronic‚ progressive liver disease resulting from hepatic cell failure is: cirrhosis 16. Which is a segment of the large intestine cecum 17. A protrusion of a loop of the small intestine through the abdominal wall in the groin region is a(n): inguinal hernia. 18. A patient’s chart indicates that he has been experiencing N & V
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LIBERTY UNIVERSITY RESEARCH PAPER SUBMITTED TO PROFESSOR RUSH THEO 330 – B02 The abuse of alcohol is a problem in our society; a social disorder that causes physical and emotional injuries to people and family life. Alcohol is the oldest drug around. It is also the most widely-used and almost 50 percent of people aged 12 and over have consumed alcohol in the United States. Most people are able to consume alcohol responsibly. However‚ for one reason or another‚ some people abuse alcohol and develop
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HBV and HCV may begin as acute infections‚ but can remain in the body and result in a long-term chronic illness (CDC). Hepatitis C Virus (HCV)‚ which is the chronic form of the disease‚ is one of the most common causes of chronic hepatitis‚ cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma in the world (Porth 2005). There are 3.9 million people in the Unites States‚ who are infected with HCV (Falvo 2009). The hepatitis C virus is a result of infection from the flavivirus but is unrelated to the HAV or
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A woman is brought to an emergency room complaining of severe pain in her left iliac region. She claims previous episodes and says that the condition is worse when she is constipated‚ and is relieved by defecation. A large‚ tender mass is palpated in the left iliac fossa and a barium study reveals a large number of diverticula in her descending and sigmoid colon. What are diverticula‚ and what is believed to promote their formation? Does this woman have diverticulitis or diverticulosis? Explain.
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hand.It was sixty-four and heavier than I expected‚its chambers slack;and I was stupidly surprisedat how cold it was.It was the middle of the third weekbefore I could look at her face‚before I could spend more than an hourlearning the secrets of cirrhosis‚the dark truth of diabetes‚ the black lungsof the Marlboro woman‚ the exquisitepainful shape of kidney stones‚without eating an entire box of Altoidsto smother the smell of formaldehyde.After seeing her face‚ I could not helpbut wonder if she had
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