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Asked by reem to Amy, Karen, Sarah, Vijay, Will on 8 Jun 2012. This question was also asked by hannam.
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Sarah Martin answered on 8 Jun 2012:
No, unfortunately not. The liver is absolutely essential, as it cleans our blood. If we put too many toxins in our blood – like for example ethanol (also known as alcohol in drinks) – and give the liver too much cleaning work to do, the liver gets damaged, and many people die from liver failure as a result of drinking too much alcohol. A new liver can however be transplanted from a healthy (but dead) donor under the right conditions!
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Amy Birch answered on 8 Jun 2012:
No, the liver is a very important organ in our body. It gets rid of any nasty toxins that we have in our blood & can store energy. It is also pretty cool organ, when it gets damaged it can sometimes repair itself. This means that people can donate a part of their liver to someone else who needs it and it will be able to grow into a full size liver!
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Karen Reed answered on 8 Jun 2012:
The liver is an essential organ so you need to have it there and working. It helps with food digestion as well as cleaning up, but you can get away with donating a large chunk of your liver (I think upto about 50% of it) because if its healthy it is able to grow back.
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reem commented on :
oh i see 😀 thanq Sarah, Amy and Karen 😀 i think i’ll donate some of my liver to the people who need it when i grow up. x
Karen commented on :
The easiest thing to do when you grow up is to join the organ doner register and bone marrow doner register. that way if someone needs something they’ll know you are prepared to donate. Also giving blood is really very easy and worthwhile.