DOCTORS'
Medical Case Studies
DOCTORS'
Medical Case Studies
Liver damage
Hepatotoxicity
Hepatotoxicity (from hepatic toxicity) implies chemical-driven liver damage. The liver plays a central role in transforming and clearing chemicals and is susceptible to the toxicity from these agents. Certain medicinal agents, when taken in overdoses and sometimes even when introduced within therapeutic ranges, may injure the organ. Other chemical agents, such as those used in laboratories and industries, natural chemicals and herbal remedies can also induce hepatotoxicity. Chemicals that cause liver injury are called hepatotoxins. More than 900 drugs have been implicated in causing liver injury and it is the most common reason for a drug to be withdrawn from the market...
Liver damage - List of case studies
- Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
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lesions, other ancillary tests showed demyelinating damage to the auditory and visual pathway. Currently he has no functional or ... • Depression, mood changes, anxiety • Liver damage : pain in the upper, right area of your torso, yellow coloring of ...
- Hyperthyroidism in autoimmune non-nodular thyroiditis
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thyroid surgery include permanent hoarseness (from damage to the recurrent laryngeal nerve with vocal cord paralysis ) and ... tests, other than periodic thyroid function tests , liver function tests , complete blood counts . 5) Prognosis? ...
- Portosystemic Encephalopathy in Hepatocellular Carcinoma
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a solving therapy? In particular, do you think that a liver transplant is possible? Is it possible to use the stem cells? ... regarding localized therapy that will have collateral damage to non-cancerous hepatocytes. His decompensated liver makes these ...
- B-cell lymphoma
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abnormalities, includes: Bone marrow damage to the chemotherapy, especially the combination with the ... and so on. The role of the liver disease is unclear to me at the present time. Progressive liver ...