Cirrhosis usually affects the liver, as a result of it being unable to de-toxify excessive alcohol. Cirrhosis of the liver is usually fatal, unless a transplant can be found quickly.
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∙ 15y agoSmooth Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER) are responsible for detoxification. If the cells of the liver are exposed to too much toxin then the cells swell up and die. As is the case with cirrhosis, the cells of the liver make to many smooth ER and the cells swell up and die. The overload of dangerous toxins destroy the liver.
Local hormones are usually transported through cells and only affect the cells that are in that locality. They have the ability to affect all cells that they come into close contact with.
There is nothing as portal cirrhosis. There is a condition called as portal hypertension. In cirrhosis of liver you have signs of portal hypertension as well as of liver failure present in a given patient.
Mesothelioma cancer afftects your cells the same way any other cancer would affect your cells. It is a terrible disease.
Mutations in sex cells can be passed on to children. Mutations in sex cells only affect offspring. Mutations in sex cells do not affect the organism.
Cirrhosis affects the organism by causing defects in the organisms structure and function
Obesity has recently been recognized as a risk factor in nonalcoholic hepatitis and cirrhosis
Cirrhosis of the liver involves the replacement of healthy liver cells with scar tissue.
It is not reversible. Cirrhosis is the final stage of liver failure, in which the hepatocytes (liver cells) have reached a stage of scarring which renders them unable to regenerate healthy, new cells. The treatment for cirrhosis, aside from drugs to relieve symptoms, is a transplant.
Cirrhosis.
Symptoms of cirrhosis are usually caused by the loss of functioning liver cells or organ swelling due to scarring.