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2. Liver regeneration - Wikipedia

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   Liver damage can be caused by viruses, alcohol, medications, and other hepatotoxins. [12] Acetaminophen, found in many prescription and over-the-counter medications, is the most common drug that can cause liver damage if taken in a high dose or in conjunction with alcohol. [12] Many liver transplant patients require the transplant because of ...

3. Liver disease - Wikipedia

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   Fatty liver disease (hepatic steatosis) is a reversible condition where large vacuoles of triglyceride fat accumulate in liver cells. [8] Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is a spectrum of disease associated with obesity and metabolic syndrome. [9] Hereditary diseases that cause damage to the liver include hemochromatosis, [10] involving ...

4. 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.

5. Fatty Liver Disease: What Men Need to Know - AOL

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   Also known as hepatic steatosis or simple fatty liver disease, this occurs when there is too much fat in the liver but minimal inflammation or damage to the liver cells. Nonalcoholic ...

6. Hepatitis - Wikipedia

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   Toxins and medications can cause liver injury through a variety of mechanisms, including direct cell damage, disruption of cell metabolism, and causing structural changes. [38] Some drugs such as paracetamol exhibit predictable dose-dependent liver damage while others such as isoniazid cause idiosyncratic and unpredictable reactions that vary ...

7. Cirrhosis - Wikipedia

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   With progressive liver damage; hepatocyte death and replacement of functional liver tissue with fibrosis in cirrhosis, these processes are disrupted. This leads to many of the metabolic derangements and symptoms seen in cirrhosis. [59] Cirrhosis is often preceded by hepatitis and fatty liver (steatosis), independent of the cause.