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level questions: Jaundice and liver disease

QuestionAnswer
what liver cells have immune functionsKuppfner cells
Non alcholoic fatty liver diseases e.g. hep a b c andMetabolic diseases e.g. haemachromatosis Immune mediated diseases e.g. primary biliary cirrhosis, primary sclerosing cholangitis Drugs
acute liver failure causes:Drugs e.g. paracetamol Acute viral hepatitis (hepatitis A, B, E) Seronegative hepatitis Amanita phylloides (mushroom) poisoning Metabolic diseases e.g. Wilson’s diseas
Liver failure complicationsProtein malnutrition coagulopathy hypoglycaemia cardiovascular instability
Failure of hepatic clearanceTesticular atrophy* Typically features of chronic only Encephalopathy Failure to clear drugs Renal failure Jaundice
Treatment of autoimmune hepatitisCortiocosteroids
What is ascitesFluid build up in the abdomen
What is responsible for the yellowing in jaundicebillirubin
Gilberts syndromeEnzyme defic. that can precipitate jaundice when stressed
What is pruritiswanting to scratch
jaundice causes in cases-1. Viral infection 2. Genetic hyperbillirubia 3. Obstructive jaundice 4. Alcholoic hep 5. Pancreatic cancer?