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| Five Major Functions of Liver |
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Fat metabolism: bile production, lipoprotein synthesis (cholesterol), fat synthesis
Steroid Metabolism: sex, corticoid, and aldosterone
Carb Metabolism: glycogen and gluconeogenesis
Protein Metabolism: urea formation, serum protein synthesis, and clotting factor synthesis
Blood Filtration (Kupffer cells): blood reservoir (up to 1/4 of one's blood) |
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| bile is bound with verdin/rubin in preparation for excretion via BM; if the liver fails to deposit it in the GI tract, it will build up in the cells--> yellowing of skin and eyes: Jaundice |
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| Source, Transmission, Prevention, and Infection Type for Hepatitis A |
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| Feces, fecal-oral, hygiene and nominal vaccine, acute |
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| Source, Transmission, Prevention, and Infection Type for Hepatitis B |
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| Blood, perQ/permucosal, hygiene and nominal vaccine, chronic |
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| Source, Transmission, Prevention, and Infection Type for Hepatitis C |
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| blood, perQ/permucosal, hygiene/blood donor screen/risk mods, chronic |
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| Source, Transmission, Prevention, and Infection Type for Hepatitis D |
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| blood, perQ/permuc, hygiene/hepB vaccine/risk mods, chronic |
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| Source, Transmission, Prevention, and Infection Type for Hepatitis E |
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| feces, fecal-oral, hygiene & safe water, acute |
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| inflammation of the liver caused by damage due to drugs, toxins, viruses (A-E), and autoimmune |
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| Immune system develops self-incompetence, and attacks domestic cells/tissues |
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