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Liver Disease Flashcards

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Liver is the:
How many lobes does liver have?
Where is it located?
What is its blood supply?

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Second largest organ in the body
Has Four lobes
Located in right hypochondrium

Blood supply - portal and hepatic vein and hepatic artery

First pass metabolism centre

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What are the four lobes of the liver?

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Right lobe
Left lobe
Caudate lobe
Quadrate lobe

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What are the functions of the liver?
(4)

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Metabolism, breakdown and excretion of drugs + endogenous products

Production of albumin, blood clotting factors, complement, transporter proteins, cholesterol + bile components

Storage of substances eg vitamin A, D, E + K, B12, folate

Maintenance of body homeostasis by regulating glucose and cholesterol blood levels

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Liver disease

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Causes problems + interferes with liver function
Many causes
5th common cause of death

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Liver disease
CAUSES?
(4)

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1) infections - viral - Hep A,B,C,D,E , EBV, CMV
Bacterial - TB, syphilis
Parasitic - malaria

2) toxic and drugs - drug misuse -paracetamol + ecstasy
- alcohol

3) Metabolic:
Non alcoholic fatty liver disease (overweight/obese, type 2 diabetes, HBP, hypercholesterolaemia)
Wilson’s disease
Haemochromatosis

4) Autoimmune - SLE , Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC)

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Liver disease
Acute and chronic

What is compensated liver disease?
What is decompensated liver disease?

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COMPENSATED = liver is coping with working at a reduced capacity

DECOMPENSATED = liver is failing to cope with functional demands

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Liver disease
Signs and symptoms of ACUTE LIVER DISEASE

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Loss of appetite
Weight loss
Jaundice

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Liver disease
Signs and symptoms of CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE

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Spider naevi
Palmar erythema
Clubbing
Jaundice
Oedema / ascites ( swelling of tummy )

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What is Jaundice?
What are the three types of jaundice?

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Yellowing of skin and sclerae due to build up of bilirubin in the blood and body’s tissues

Types of jaundice:
1) Pre-hepatic - Sickle cell anaemia, Thalassaemia
2) Intra-hepatic - Hepatitis, alcohol, glandular fever, drug misuse, cirrhosis, Gilbert’s syndrome
3) Post-hepatic - Gallstones, tumours

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What are the symptoms of LIVER FAILURE?

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Bleeding/ Bruising
Hypoglycaemia
Infections
Ascites
encephalopathy

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Cirrhosis
What does it result from?
What are the causes of cirrhosis?

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Results from necrosis of liver cells followed by fibrosis and nodule formation -> interference of blood flow through liver and loss of liver function

Cirrhosis is a histological diagnosis made by biopsy

Causes :
Common - alcohol, viral - hep B and C
Less common - autoimmune, drugs, haemochromatosis, Wilson’s disease

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Investigations for liver cirrhosis

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Blood tests - LFT’s - ALT, AST, GGT, bilirubin, albumin

Imaging tests ( USS - ultrasound, CT, MRI)

Liver biopsy

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Alcohol-related liver disease
What are the complications?
Signs and symptoms?

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Complications = Alcoholic hepatitis + cirrhosis

Signs and symptoms - feeling sick
weight loss
loss of appetite
jaundice
Swelling in tummy and ankles
Confusion and drowsiness
Vomiting blood or passing blood in stools

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Non alcoholic fatty liver disease
What are the four stages?

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Similar to ARLD

Build up of fat within liver cells ( overweight, obese, HBP, hypercholesterolaemia, type 2 diabetes )

4 stages:

1) Steatosis
2) Non alcoholic steatohepatitis
3) Fibrosis
4) Cirrhosis

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Gallstones
RISKS
What are the risks for getting gallstones?

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Five Fs

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Gallstones signs and symptoms

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Central tummy pain (intermittent or persistent)
Jaundice
Fever

17
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Gallstones diagnosis

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Bloods,
USS
Other imaging

18
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Gallstones differential diagnoses
Treatment

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Treatment - depends on severity of disease

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Hepatitis B
What does hepatitis mean?
Is it an acute or chronic disease?
Can hepadnavirus survive outside body?
How is Hep B transmitted?
How prevented?

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Hepatitis = inflammation of liver

Hep B is both acute and chronic disease

VIRAL hepatitis

Hepadnavirus can survive outside body for at least 7 days

Hep B transmitted through contact of blood or other bodily fluids of an infected person

Important occupational hazard for health workers

Prevention : vaccine

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Hepatitis C
Is acute or chronic?
Are hep B or Hep C more likely to develop chronic infection?
How is Hep C transmitted?
Treatment?

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Hep C can be acute or chronic
VIRAL hepatitis

80% of people are asymptomatic

People with Hep C are more likely to develop chronic infection than hep B

Transmitted through contact with blood or other bodily fluids of an infected person

Important occupational hazard for health workers

NO VACCINE But anti viral medicines can cure 90% of hep C peopel

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Are hep B or Hep C more likely to develop chronic infection?
Is Hep B or Hep C more common?

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People with Hep C are more likely to develop chronic infection than hep B

HEP B IS MORE COMMON THAN HEP C

22
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Symptoms of Hep B and Hep C?

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Flu like symptoms
Feeling sick
Lack of appetite
Jaundice

23
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Dental Relevance of liver disease

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Cross infection risk ( Needle-stick injury )

Altered drug metabolism

Post op haemorrhage ( vitamin K and clotting factor deficiency )

Delayed wound healing

LA is safe , relative anaesthetic is preferable to iv sedation with benzodiazepine

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Dental relevance of liver disease
liver disease due to SLE?
Liver disease due to PBC?
Non alcoholic fatty liver disease due to type 2 diabetes or HBP?

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Liver disease due to SLE :
Sjogren’s syndrome
Lichenoid reaction

Liver disease due to PBC :
Sjogren’s syndrome

Non alcoholic fatty liver disease due to type 2 diabetes or HBP:
Dry mouth???
Lichenoid reaction???

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Dental relevance of liver disease
Disorders associated with an early rise in conjugated bilirubin serum levels eg Rhesus disease?

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Dental hypoplasia
Green discolouration of teeth

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