A 34-year-old member asked:
what could be a result of my liver injury?
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Dr. Scott Welker answered
General Surgery 27 years experience
Bleeding: Is the main issue, but if that goes away on its own, long term complications can include hemobilia, a connection between an artery and a bile duct. So it's important to be followed for a year or two and be aware of the long term consequences.
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A 29-year-old member asked:
Rare liver injury reduced wbcs. Why?
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Dr. Joseph Sucher answered
Trauma Surgery 26 years experience
Leukopenia: Reduced wbcs are termed "leukopenia" and can occur during any organ injury. For the liver, this can occur during a more chronic phase that results in cirrhosis of the liver. At that point we see the effects of cirrhosis on other organs, specifically the spleen. The spleen enlarges (splenomegaly) and sequesters white blood cells (wbcs) as well as rbcs and platelets. This results in pancytopenia.
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A 37-year-old member asked:
Are there natural drugs to take to treat liver injury?
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Dr. Joseph Pfeifer answered
Trauma Surgery 40 years experience
No: The liver actually heals quite well if not too severely injured. The worry is the potential for massive blood loss. In liver injury, we mostly wait it out if there is no bleeding.
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A 33-year-old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: Liver injury?
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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered
Psychiatry 25 years experience
Liver injury: There are different forms of damage/ injury to liver such as contusions or lacerations.
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