But not all vitamins are water-soluble, and the ones that are lipid-soluble, meaning they like to hang around in your body's fat, don't get flushed out. Instead, if you take too much of a lipid-soluble vitamin over a few weeks to a month, they sit in the liver and can build up to toxic levels, causing problems ranging from weak bones to liver damage, according to Katherine Zeratsky, a registered dietician nutritionist at the Mayo Clinic.
Sturge-Weber syndrome is a rare disorder characterized by nervous system problems and a permanent birthmarkâa port-wine stainâusually on the face. It is a rare type of neurocutaneous (nerve and skin) disorder that is present at birth.
Hepatorenal syndrome (HRS) is a unique type of kidney failure that occurs in advanced cirrhosis. It is characterized by functional impairment of the kidneys due to vasoconstriction of the renal arteries in the setting of preserved tubular function and absence of significant histologic abnormalities.here are 2 forms of HRS: type 1 is characterized by an acute progressive decrease in kidney function and very short survival without treatment, whereas type 2 features stable less severe kidney failure and longer survival compared with type 1. A liver transplant is the preferred treatment for HRS.