Q: is cranberry juice safe for patients with liver disease?

Maybe: The juice in itself is not a problem, but it may interfere with some of your medications. Additionally, if you are diabetic, then it may have detrimental effects with your blood sugar control.

Q: why do patients with liver disease commonly develop blood clotting disorders?

Function: One of the livers primary functions is to produce factors in the blood that promote blood clotting. When the liver starts to fail it can't make these factors which leads to people developing problems with clotting appropriately.

Q: why do patients that ahve liver diseases commonly develop blood clotting disorders?

Clotting factors: Most of the clotting factors are made or processed in the liver, and work together with proteins in the blood and with platelets. Therefore, if you have liver disease, these factors are not produced in sufficient quantity or quality to work correctly. Vitamin k is metabolized in the liver and is used in clotting.

Q: advice for patients with end stage liver disease?

Need a doc: If you have end stage liver disease you need to be under the care of ideally a gastroenterologist with an interest in liver disease.

Q: what is the best diet for a patient with chronic liver disease?

LOW SALT DIET: If you have chronic liver disease you should avoid diets high in sodium content as they may result in the developement of edema(swelling) and even ascites(fluid in the abdomen) which can be difficult to manage.You should get enough protein in your diet(0.5-1gr/kg). Avoid any drugs , meds , or alcohol which can further damage the liver. There are some supplements that may help(eg, milk thistle).

Q: is cranberry juice safe for everyone even patients with kidney and liver disease?

Kidney stones...: Cranberry juice is high in salts called oxalates. When people drink a lot of cranberry juice, these salts can crystallize into hard urinary oxalate stones, especially in people who already tend to get these types of stones.

Question 1

what would the consequences be if someone with alcoholic liver disease stopped taking lactulose?  can the amonia levels get so high it could be deadly

Accepted Answer

Yes: One could go into a coma which is preceded by  progressive worsening of delirium.

Question 2

why is lactalose used in chronic liver disease?

Accepted Answer

Encephalopathy: This synthetic no absorbable sugar is used to decrease the level of ammonia in the blood in the management of hepatic encephalopathy, the confusion and sleepiness that can occur in liver disease.

Question 3

hi! how can i treat  low urea level in patient with liver disease and what is the role of lola in lowering urea level ! thanks a lot

Accepted Answer

Low urea is good: Most labs report "normal" range for blood urea nitrogen as with serum creatinine. In fact  BUN should ideally be reported as normal < 20 in  adults. Babies should have very low bun, lower the better. Your liver problem is something else and best discussed with your GI dr.

Question 4

can all psoriasis patients can cause liver disease?

Accepted Answer

: No

Question 5

is cranberry juice safe for patients with liver disease?

Accepted Answer

Maybe: The juice in itself is not a problem, but it may interfere with some of your medications. Additionally, if you are diabetic, then it may have detrimental effects with your blood sugar control.

Question 6

why do patients with liver disease commonly develop blood clotting disorders?

Accepted Answer

Function: One of the livers primary functions is to produce factors in the blood that promote blood clotting.  When the liver starts to fail it can't make these factors which leads to people developing problems with clotting appropriately.

Question 7

why do patients that ahve liver diseases commonly develop blood clotting disorders?

Accepted Answer

Clotting factors: Most of the clotting factors are made or processed in the liver, and work together with proteins in the blood and with platelets. Therefore, if you have liver disease, these factors are not produced in sufficient quantity or quality to work correctly. Vitamin k is metabolized in the liver and is used in clotting.

Question 8

advice for patients with end stage liver disease?

Accepted Answer

Need a doc: If you have end stage liver disease you need to be under the care of ideally a gastroenterologist with an interest in liver disease.

Question 9

what is the best diet for a patient with chronic liver disease?

Accepted Answer

LOW SALT DIET: If you have chronic liver disease you should avoid diets high in sodium content as they may result in the developement of edema(swelling) and even ascites(fluid in the abdomen) which can be difficult to manage.You should get enough protein in your diet(0.5-1gr/kg). Avoid any drugs , meds , or alcohol which can further damage the liver. There are some supplements that may help(eg, milk thistle).

Question 10

is cranberry juice safe for everyone even patients with kidney and liver disease?

Accepted Answer

Kidney stones...: Cranberry juice is high in salts called oxalates. When people drink a lot of cranberry juice, these salts can crystallize into hard urinary oxalate stones, especially in people who already tend to get these types of stones.

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