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The liver is like the body's manufacturing center and it takes the blood nutrients and a host of other substances and uses what it can and sends the rest of the stuff through the spleen. When your body needs an enzyme or other kind of component the liver makes and ships it out. Certain conditions such as infections like Hepatitis cause the liver to become inflamed and to work extra hard. Doctors look at the liver enzymes as a way to see how hard the liver is working and its a good marker for over work it these are high. All this combined is to say that the liver contains a lot of thin walled areas called sinuses that contain the stuff manufactured along with blood and proteiins. These things are mixed and forwarded on through the bodies circulatory system. The spleen weeds out certain types of bacteria and old blood cells, etc. If the liver is over worked the enzymes increase to a point that it cannot work any harder and things start to break down. The cells die. The little passages scar down and then well it eventually stops working. The thing that is most remarkable is that it takes quite a bit of a beating. First it swells and slows down, then it scars down even more to the point that this little shriveled up, calloused organ that used to filter and manufacture the contents of the blood and bodies fluids no longer works. The condition where the liver is enlarged is called hepatomegaly, and the condition where it shrivels up is called cirrhosis. Most cirrhotic people will have little livers and at times big bellies because the fluids are not being filtered and leak out or might even cause a back pressure in such places as the hemorrhoids or across the abdomen. Most of the time we see cirrhosis happen in people who have either ingested toxic substances, or toxic quantities of substances such as alcohol or even Tylenol, otherwise called acetominophen. I've been taught that about ten of the extra strength Tylenol will pickle your liver, i.e., cause liver failure. So there are lots of combinations of things that will shut down the liver, and they can be categorized into chemicals and diseases for short. In addition to the above there is another condition known as congestive heart failure in which a fluid backs up because the heart is weakened. This combination of things will often give a sign like swollen ankles, but beware. All swollen ankles are not an indication of heart failure, but it is a reason to look a little closer at the situation. You could continue on and on and talk about how cancerous growth impede the liver's function or other rare conditions in metabolism that cause problems. Even parasites can do it. So I hope that helps.

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Your liver filters the blood and keeps it clean. without one, deadly toxins can get into your bloodstream and builds up in a matter of hours. If that happens, your bodily functions will soon shut down if not treated.

So basically you die.

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okay but how long dose that take .WHO will we know when that time is here i know we are close to that point kidney are shutting down and now he as blood in his blow

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According to wiki, you can't live more than 24hrs w/o your liver, so ultimalty you'd die.

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If your liver stops working, your blood is unable to be filtered. It's toxicity levels will rise, and you are likely going to die.

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you would die quickly

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You die

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