Acute Hepatic Failure in Dogs. Acute hepatic failure is a condition characterized by the sudden loss of 70 percent or more of the liver's function due to sudden, massive, hepatic necrosis (tissue death in the liver).
Key Points. Secondary (acquired) immunodeficiencies are much more common than primary (hereditary) immunodeficiencies. Primary immunodeficiencies can affect humoral immunity (most commonly), cellular immunity, both humoral and cellular immunity, phagocytic cells, or the complement system.
What is the difference between STIs and STDs: Medically, an STI is an infection first, after it causes symptoms, the infection becomes a disease. An STD-sexually transmitted disease-is an infection that has symptoms.he common cold is both an infection and a disease. Heart disease is a disease, but NOT an infection. One can be infected with some microbes without getting a disease from it. (eg Cyklomegalovirus, E. Coli).