12th April, 2011 - Posted by health news - No Comments
Enlarged liver signs usually indicate that your liver is inflamed and swollen due to any one of various potential developing liver disorders. A person who has enlarged liver signs should seek medical treatment as soon as possible. Usually, by the time signs of liver enlargement can be diagnosed, meaningful liver damage has most likely already happened. If the problem is not arrested, it might sooner or later result in liver failure. Once failure has occurred, a liver transplant is the patient’s only hope for survival. Continue reading Read More
18th March, 2011 - Posted by health news - No Comments
Swollen liver is a phrase individuals sometimes use for the same complaint doctors call hepatomegaly. It is also often called enlarged liver. The terms swollen liver and enlarged liver are self-explanatory. So the question becomes, what is the cause of swollen liver, and how dangerous is it? This article will provide answers to those questions. Continue reading Read More
13th February, 2011 - Posted by health news - No Comments
Most people understand what an enlarged liver is. There are probably a lesser number of people who know what an enlarged spleen is. Fewer still probably know about a disorder in which both of these medical problems take place at the same time. Continue reading Read More
12th November, 2010 - Posted by health news - No Comments
Enlarged liver can be caused by a variety of disorders or illnesses. Depending on the severity of the abnormal growth, there can be serious medical consequences. In some patients the liver becomes only slightly enlarged. In others, it can grow quite big and be described as grossly enlarged. Some have described the human liver as resembling a small American football in shape. It usually weighs between three and four pounds, or one and a half kilograms. Continue reading Read More
30th October, 2010 - Posted by health news - No Comments
Enlarged liver is a generic term for a condition that results in abnormal liver growth, which can have serious medical consequences. It may be caused by one or a combination of illnesses or diseases. The liver may be only slightly enlarged, but it may also swell to unusually big proportions. When this occurs, it’s usually described as grossly enlarged. A human liver generally weighs 3-4 pounds (around one and a half kilograms). Some have described it as being shaped like a small American football. Continue reading Read More