Liver failure occurs either suddenly (acute) or gradually (chronic). Causes include a reaction to medication, high doses of acetaminophen or paracetamol, hepatitis infection, alcohol abuse and advanced fatty liver.
Yellowed skin and eyes (jaundice) along with stomach pain and swelling are symptoms of liver failure.
Treatment options include medication, dietary changes or possibly a liver transplant.
Liver failure is a life-threatening condition that demands urgent medical care. Most often, liver failure happens gradually, over many years. It’s the final stage of many liver diseases. But a rarer condition known as acute liver failure happens rapidly (in as little as 48 hours) and can be difficult to detect at first.
Liver failure happens when large parts of the liver become damaged beyond repair and the liver can’t work anymore.
There are two types of live failure:
Acute: This is when your liver stops working within a matter of days or weeks. Most people who get this don’t have any type liver disease or problem before this event. Chronic: Damage to your liver builds up over time and causes it to stop working.
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