• Rhonda Sandtits@lemmy.sdf.org
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    No organ magically heals itself, you’re not Wolverine

    There are at least 2 organs that heal. First is your skin, if you consider that an organ. Wounds heal and often leave scars as a lasting reminder of the damage that was there.

    The other organ is the liver, the scar tissue that occurs in the liver after healing is called cirrhosis.

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      Time is the factor you’re missing.

      When the liver is damaged it stops doing it’s function. Removing the paracetamol doesn’t remove the damage, so the the liver is still not functioning. It would take a long time to recover the liver function after you’ve stopped taking the paracetamol. You can only live days without a functioning liver.

      Hence, you’re dead.