What does your liver do,What is liver failure,
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What is liver failure?
When the liver is irreversibly damaged and loses its ability to carry out its normal functions, it is called liver failure.
Acute Liver failure, wherein the liver fails to work all of a sudden, is usually caused as an after-effect of certain medication or infection.
Chronic liver failure or complete damage of the liver is a life threatening condition that sets in gradually, over many years. The causes can be cirrhosis or cancer of the liver.
What does your liver do?
Produces blood proteins that help your immune system function well, carry oxygen and enable clotting. Stores and releases nutrients to your bloodstream. Produces bile – the enzyme that helps help digest food. Breaks down saturated fat and produces cholesterol out of it. Stores glucose in the form of glycogen. Keeps your body free from toxins.
What are alcoholic liver diseases ?
Alcohol is a toxin that can cause irreversible damage to your liver. Every time you drink, your liver does its best to break down the alcohol and expel the toxins from your body. However, if the alcohol content is beyond what the liver can handle, it will gradually start losing its ability to function, which in turn leads to several complications.
When does one need a liver transplant?
If the liver gets irreparably damaged and cannot be managed medically anymore, your doctor might recommend a liver transplant, depending on your health condition.
What is liver transplant?
Liver transplant, put simply, is the process of replacing the diseased liver with a donated, healthy liver An extremely advanced procedure, it banks heavily on the expertise and experience of the transplant team and of course, high-end medical technology. transplant team and of course, high-end medical technology.
There are two types of liver transplant: living donor transplant and cadaveric donor (deceased donor) transplant.When a healthy person donates part of his or her liver for transplantation, it is called living donor transplant. Living donor liver transplant has its advantages. If someone, preferably a family member is willing to donate part of their liver and the blood type matches, there is no need to wait. The liver regenerates itself and will grow to its normal size in both the donor and the recipient in 6-8 weeks. In case there is no live donor available, then one has to wait for cadaveric organ transplant (the liver of a donor who is brain-dead)..In some cases, one donor liver can be transplanted in two people. This is called Split Liver Transplantation.
Worldwide, the success rate of liver transplant- both live and cadaveric - is quite high.
Patients undergoing liver transplantation can expect a success rate of over 90%. We also perform pancreas transplant , which in most cases, is carried out simultaneously with a kidney transplant.
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