Thread by @aproko_doctor

Till today, a lot of Nigerians on the streets still believe that former president Sani Abacha died from an apple that a lady gave him to eat.

Meanwhile, there were reports it was from liver cirrhosis, a condition where a lot of liver cells die and is replaced by scars.

Your liver does a lot of jobs for you, from making sure that it removes toxins from your body, to making proteins that allow your blood clot properly, some drugs become active or inactive in your body thanks to your liver

It's an important organ. One of the most important

Funny enough, the liver has this insane ability to regenerate new cells when it loses old ones

You can cut off a part of the liver and it'll try and grow back

But unfortunately, some chemicals eg alcohol and diseases like hepatitis can cause widespread injury of the liver cells

When these cells get injured and some die, they become replaced with scars, (you remember that hard crust-like stuff you peel off after an injury)

Sometimes, these scars become so much that the liver can't get blood supply anymore which means they can't remove toxins that well

Digestion also becomes a problem, blood can't flow properly in the liver so they pile up in the veins leading to the liver.

So many issues start to show up, that most important organ has failed so toxins start to pile up in the blood, if nothing is done, death follows.

Some common things that can cause cirrhosis of the liver are:

. Alcohol abuse especially when it's chronic
. Hepatitis B, C and D, you can get vaccines for hepatitis B
. When fat starts to accumulate in your liver

I'll continue this thread later, I need to travel to Netherlands

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