Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, or simply NAFLD, describes a condition where excess fat accumulates in the liver of people who consume little or no alcohol at all. Although some amount of fat may accumulate in the liver of a normal individual, having fat that takes up to five to ten percent of your liver weight can cause fatty liver disease, which may lead to serious health problems. What is Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease ? The liver is a large, complex organ with many vital functions. One
of what they are putting into their bodies when they gain knowledge about the effects of sugar. With the consumption of added sugars, our bodies develop insulin resistance, which is the leading cause of metabolic syndrome, obesity, cardiovascular disease and type II diabetes. Dr. David Reuben, author of "Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Nutrition",
manner of consumption has a definition, addiction. Sugar addiction opens an uncountable amount of doors within the body. Addiction begins and causes the other problems that arise from sugar, such as, obesity, obese related diseases, and a weakened immune system. Each of these diseases takes years off of lives and are very preventable. Sugar does not cause death; the person eating the sugar in excess causes
point to prevent the commencement of substance addiction. In just 2010 alcohol addiction costed the nation an estimated $168 billion dollars just from health care. Binge drinking is 75% of the whole alcohol embezzlement cost. Alcohol triggered liver disease is 45.8% of 72,559 in 2013.
ons that help maintain our body. Unfortunately the liver can be subjected to different disease, such as liver cirrhosis. Liver Cirrhosis is the result of scar tissue replacing and damaging healthy tissue, this is considered a degenerative disease. According to WebMD there are at least 31,000 in the United States that died from liver cirrhosis each year. I believe this disease is important to know and understand because it is caused by lifestyles. Not all people believe their lifestyle will affect
(1) Cirrhosis can be simply defined as diffuse fibrosis associated with parenchymal nodules. It involves the whole liver rather than a small part even though on occasion the fibrosis may be more severe in one or other lobe. Fibrosis results partially from collapse of the new fibre formation and is usually regarded as a consequence of liver-cell necrosis. The nodules of a cirrhotic liver are the surviving parenchyma. But they are strutually altered. They vary greatly in size and appearance. Within them
show that coffee drinkers have a much lower risk of several serious diseases. Coffee can make you feel happier and reduce the rate of suicide. A study carried out by the National Institute of Health Study in the US found that those who drink four or more cups of coffee were about ten percent less likely to be depressed than people who never drink it. And it's not just because of the "caffeine
3 characteristics of alcohol abuse. Alcoholism is a progressive disease that includes problems controlling your drinking, and being preoccupied with alcohol. Loss of control: Engaging in other risk behaviours will under the influence of alcohol. Loss of motivation: Losing interest in other activities you loved or enjoyed. Compulsive preoccupation: Compulsive worrying about other things and craving alcohol. Characteristics that encourage youth to engage in alcohol abuse. Peer pressure: Teenagers
from Crohn’s disease and Zollinger-Ellison syndrome (ZES). The patient does not report a history of Crohn’s disease nor is he symptomatic for it. His symptoms do not indicate (ZES). ZES is a hyper secretory gastric acid disorder that results in multiple peptic ulcers, kidney stones, watery diarrhea and malabsorption. Liver percusses to 8 cm at midclavicular line, one fingerbreadth below right costal margin: This indicates that the patient does not have signs or symptoms of liver disease or ascites
understand that the “happy feeling” you get from eating refined sugar can override the “I’ve had enough to eat” mechanism from other digestive hormones. This means that you can be at greater risk of eating more than what your body actually needs. Liver: The liver stores excess sugar as glycogen (storage friendly version of glucose). If you eat refined sugar daily (above the natural sugar
leading causes of chronic liver failure in the United States. Recent research conducted by the National Institutes of Health indicated that the prevalence of cirrhosis, especially in clients diagnosed with Hepatitis C, has increased steadily throughout the past decade and will likely continue to increase in the future (Kanwal et al., 2011). Caused by recurrent tissue damage and inflammation, cirrhosis occurs as healthy hepatocytes (liver cells) are replaced by fibrotic and non-functional scar tissue
Interactions of Alcohol with Drug Therapy Ethanol, ethylic alcohol or simply alcohol is an organic substance with one or more hydroxil groups (-OH) [1]. For instance, it is used as a pharmaceutical compounds, in alcoholic beverages, as a dehydrating agent in labs and industries or as an antiseptic agent. Generally, ethanol is a CNS (central nervous system) depressant with anesthetic properties causing cognitive and motor damage at relatively low doses. Nevertheless ethanol in high doses can induce
Consequently, since red blood cells are impacted due to the vitamin B12 deficiency, it is apparent as to why iron levels are also affected. Chronic iron deficiency results in fatigue and poor performance. Zinc deficiency is also prevalent amongst alcoholics. Zinc is a highly essential for reproductive and immune healthy (Garrett and Grisham 2010). A deficiency of this nutrient results in poor circulation and infertility problems. Healthy zinc concentrations are important to prevent the development
The following questions relates to the patient within the first 24 hours 1. Outline the causes, incidence and risk factors of the identified disease and how it can impact on the patient and family (450 words) This case study is about Abdul Chidiac, a 51 year old male, married with 4 children. He had a medical history of hypertension, hypercholesterolaemia and cirrhosis with two admissions in the last six months. He is a smoker and drinks beer, 5-6 bottles per day. As Carithers & McClain (2010) explained
tendency to only look at part of the puzzle.” (Kevin Lewis). As a society we tend to categorize the severity of addiction in a way that drugs are the most dangerous and alcohol being just a problem. Because alcohol addiction can be a slow progressive disease many people don’t see it in the same light as drug addiction. An addiction to drugs is seen as being a more deadly and dangerous issue then that of alcohol because a drug addiction can happen more quickly and can kill more quickly. Alcohol is something
Why - Low Carbohydrate Diet: A low-carb diet is a diet plan to lose weight by limiting the content of carbohydrates in your diet to encourage people. Protein in your diet, the fat comes from fat and carbohydrates you eat. Carb foods which controls, the starchy and sugary (both natural and refined sugar) foods such as bread, pasta, rice, corn, dessert, fruit, and vegetables: Low-carb diet are encouraged to eat high protein foods such as milk, eggs and cheese and cheese, and high-carbohydrate foods
1. Diabetes mellitus is a disease that hinders the body’s utilization of the monosaccharide glucose due to their failure to preserve adequate blood insulin levels. Under normal conditions, when someone eats or drinks an food item with carbohydrates, the enzymes in the stomach break it down into glucose. Next, the glucose is transported to the blood through facilitated diffusion or an active symport protein pump. Then, the parasympathetic nervous system would team up with the hypothalamus to stimulate
The Effects of Alcohol on the Body Alcohol is one of many dangerous substances that effects our bodies. The effects of this drug can be very harmful. Alcohol is a potent non-prescription drug sold to anyone over the national legal drinking age, 21. Unlike other deadly drugs it is easy to access. This makes it easy to over-consume and create a tragic accident, even death. It can damage a person not only physically but also mentally and emotionally. Many people each year become more and more addicted
that are related to childhood obesity, both consequences that can happen now and later... ... middle of paper ... ... now commonly associated with obesity. The author also goes into details about health risks such as gallstones and non-alcoholic fatty liver diseases. Yung also mentions psychological and social consequences that are associated with childhood obesity. According to Yung (2009), childhood obesity has significant impact on the emotional development of the child or adolescent, who suffers
percentage of all the people sugar effected. So be careful on how much you drink a day because soda has loads of sugar that can lead to serious problems. For example, one can of soda can rot your teeth, turn your liver into grotesque lumps of scar tissue, cause obesity, diabetes, and heart disease. This is a very serious problem with thousands of people around the world. First of all, the dangers of the sugar in sugary drinks like soda are so awful that thousands of people die from it. Some people