A recent study of US veterans found that 10% of those diagnosed with dementia actually had a liver condition called hepatic encephalopathy (HE) – a treatable condition.
The liver can be damaged by several things, including alcohol, fatty deposits and hepatitis viruses. When the damage continues over several years, the liver becomes scarred (known as cirrhosis) and, at a certain point, can no longer perform one of its critical tasks: detoxifying the blood. Toxins (mainly ammonia) can build up and get into the brain, interfering with brain function. This is HE.
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you guys we do not speak enough about Will saying Hannibal has hepatitis then that medical assistant guy annoying Hannibal about having disease...like. He has hepatitis, canon. Talk amongst yourselves:
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Turned away from STD screening because the nurse "took one look at you and knew you don't fuck"
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I feel like one fact we either forget or ignore about vampires is how unsanitary vampire feedings would actually be. Like human saliva is full of bacteria that are dangerous if they pierce flesh regardless of how often we brush.
Imagine if your vampire partner bite you and you get hepatitis B bc their mouth is full of numerous blood related diseases and deadly bacteria.
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i got my friend to watch falsettos and i gave them the link to the slime tutorial of the proshot on youtube titled 'hepa hepa hepatitis?' andthey never rememebr its called falsettos so they call it the hepatitis musical
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Mail Call Three (s6 e21): Mail call brings love letters to Hawkeye meant for another Benjamin Pierce; good financial news for Charles; and news that Radar's widowed mom has a boyfriend.
Hepatitis (s5 e20): The 4077th has an outbreak of hepatitis, and Hawkeye needs to inoculate the reluctant staff while dealing with back pain.
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Recent birds: Hepatic tanager / piranga encinera (Piranga flava), at Santa Rita Lodge.
In the bottom photo the tanager is joined at the feeder by a house finch / pinzón mexicano (Haemorhous mexicanus)
In Madera Canyon, Santa Cruz County, Arizona.
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Oh and here’s a good note too… they can’t even get up and move. (Spoilers: the bryophytes won)
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I got to yell at my students today about the importance of ethics and knowing history, featuring such highlights as "Nazis are bad" and "Deliberately infecting children with hepatitis is wrong".
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