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2. Hepatopulmonary syndrome - Wikipedia

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   In medicine, hepatopulmonary syndrome is a syndrome of shortness of breath and hypoxemia (low oxygen levels in the blood of the arteries) caused by vasodilation (broadening of the blood vessels) in the lungs of patients with liver disease. Dyspnea and hypoxemia are worse in the upright position (which is called platypnea and orthodeoxia ...

3. Cell damage - Wikipedia

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   Cell damage (also known as cell injury) is a variety of changes of stress that a cell suffers due to external as well as internal environmental changes. Amongst other causes, this can be due to physical, chemical, infectious, biological, nutritional or immunological factors. Cell damage can be reversible or irreversible.

4. Liver disease - Wikipedia

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   Liver diseases, including conditions such as non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), alcohol-related liver disease (ALD), and viral hepatitis, are significant public health concerns worldwide. In the United States, NAFLD is the most common chronic liver condition, affecting approximately 24% of the population, with the prevalence rising due ...

5. Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency - Wikipedia

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   Treatment of lung disease may include bronchodilators, inhaled steroids, and, when infections occur, antibiotics. [2] Intravenous infusions of the A1AT protein or in severe disease lung transplantation may also be recommended. [2] In those with severe liver disease liver transplantation may be an option. [2] [4] Avoiding smoking is recommended. [2]

6. Autoimmune hepatitis - Wikipedia

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   Autoimmune hepatitis, formerly known as lupoid hepatitis, plasma cell hepatitis, or autoimmune chronic active hepatitis, is a chronic, autoimmune disease of the liver that occurs when the body's immune system attacks liver cells, causing the liver to be inflamed. Common initial symptoms may include fatigue, nausea, muscle aches, or weight loss ...

7. Hemosiderosis - Wikipedia

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   Hemosiderin deposition in the liver is a common feature of hemochromatosis and is the cause of liver failure in the disease. Selective iron deposition in the beta cells of pancreatic islets leads to diabetes [4] [2] due to the distribution of transferrin receptor on the beta cells of islets [3] and in the skin leads to hyperpigmentation.