What the liver does not like? Part 1

Introduction:Do not smoke, do not drink,do not work hard

What does my liver do?

Your liver helps fight infections and cleans your blood. It also helps digest food and stores energy for when you need it.

What are the signs of liver problems?

Some signs of liver problems are

-feeling tired or weak

-losing your appetite

-feeling sick to your stomach

-losing weight

-bruising or bleeding easily, such as nosebleeds

-bloating due to fluid buildup in the abdomen

-declining mental functions

Also, liver problems often make the skin and the whites of the eyes turn yellow, a condition called jaundice, and may cause swelling in the legs and the abdomen.

You cannot live without a liver that works. If your liver fails, your doctor may put you on a waiting list for a liver transplant.

Liver loves tea from the roots of this plant.Her name is Gentiana asclepidea(cure for yellow),but other plants.

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Pegasys interferon therapy

Pegasys(Peginterferon alfa-2a) is a form of interferon, a substance the body makes routinely to help fight infection. The interferon in PEGASYS is slightly different from the kind your body makes. It is pegylated. This means it has a substance attached that helps it stay active in your body and fight hepatitis C longer. So you can take it just once a week.

And PEGASYS is the only pegylated interferon available as a ready-to-use pre-filled syringe. PEGASYS is used alone or in combination with COPEGUS(Ribavirin, USP) in adults with compensated liver disease not previously treated with interferon alpha. More patients tend to respond to combination therapy than they would to PEGASYS alone.

Facts:

-Once-a-week injection that works to reduce the amount of hepatitis C virus in the body. In clinical studies patients had a better than 50% chance of reducing the hepatitis C virus to undetectable levels (response to treatment may vary based on genotype and individual factors)

-Helps the body's immune system fight the hepatitis C virus

-Is often taken along with COPEGUS tablets — which have been shown to work well with PEGASYS

Pegasys for hepatitis B is little effective.I was in therapy, and nothing.This for hepatitis C are all correct.Good luck.

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Liver and medicinal plants

Artichoke my aid in the regeneration of the liver and improve its function,Taraxacum root is of great help to the liver, in addition to a good and better appetite,then lat. Lycopodium clavatum,Sylimarin best natural remedy for liver,good and Arctium lappa and other...

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Real Marshmallow (Althea officinalis)

Real Marshmallow (Althea officinalis). This herb help our liver. Make a tincture of this plant, or buy ready-tinktur.Tinktur from the roots of medicinal plants, regenerates

liver damage and clean it.

Drink a spoon. Do I have to mention, tincture of herbs strengthens our immune system.

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Cirrhosis of the Liver- Part I

Cirrhosis is a complication of many liver diseases that is characterized by abnormal structure and function of the liver. The diseases that lead to cirrhosis do so because they injure and kill liver cells, and the inflammation and repair that is associated with the dying liver cells causes scar tissue to form. The liver cells that do not die multiply in an attempt to replace the cells that have died. This results in clusters of newly-formed liver cells (regenerative nodules) within the scar tissue. There are many causes of cirrhosis; they include chemicals (such as alcohol, fat, and certain medications), viruses, toxic metals (such as iron and copper that accumulate in the liver as a result of genetic diseases), and autoimmune liver disease in which the body's immune system attacks the liver.

In cirrhosis, the relationship between blood and liver cells is destroyed. Even though the liver cells that survive or are newly-formed may be able to produce and remove substances from the blood, they do not have the normal, intimate relationship with the blood, and this interferes with the liver cells' ability to add or remove substances from the blood. In addition, the scarring within the cirrhotic liver obstructs the flow of blood through the liver and to the liver cells. As a result of the obstruction to the flow of blood through the liver, blood "backs-up" in the portal vein, and the pressure in the portal vein increases, a condition called portal hypertension. Because of the obstruction to flow and high pressures in the portal vein, blood in the portal vein seeks other veins in which to return to the heart, veins with lower pressures that bypass the liver. Unfortunately, the liver is unable to add or remove substances from blood that bypasses it. It is a combination of reduced numbers of liver cells, loss of the normal contact between blood passing through the liver and the liver cells, and blood bypassing the liver that leads to many of the manifestations of cirrhosis.

A second reason for the problems caused by cirrhosis is the disturbed relationship between the liver cells and the channels through which bile flows. Bile is a fluid produced by liver cells that has two important functions: to aid in digestion and to remove and eliminate toxic substances from the body. The bile that is produced by liver cells is secreted into very tiny channels that run between the liver cells that line the sinusoids, called canaliculi. The canaliculi empty into small ducts which then join together to form larger and larger ducts. Ultimately, all of the ducts combine into one duct that enters thesmall intestine. In this way, bile gets to the intestine where it can help with the digestion of food. At the same time, toxic substances contained in the bile enter the intestine and then are eliminated in the stool. In cirrhosis, the canaliculi are abnormal and the relationship between liver cells and canaliculi is destroyed, just like the relationship between the liver cells and blood in the sinusoids. As a result, the liver is not able to eliminate toxic substances normally, and they can accumulate in the body. To a minor extent, digestion in the intestine also is reduced.

Patients with cirrhosis may have few or no symptoms and signs of liver disease. Some of the symptoms may be nonspecific, that is, they don't suggest that the liver is their cause. Some of the more common symptoms and signs of cirrhosis include:

• Yellowing of the skin (jaundice) due to the accumulation of bilirubin in the blood
• Fatigue
• Weakness
• Loss of appetite
• Itching
• Easy bruising from decreased production of blood clotting factors by the diseased liver.

Patients with cirrhosis also develop symptoms and signs from the complications of cirrhosis that are discussed next.

Edema and ascites

Bleeding from esophageal varices

Hepatic encephalopathy

Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP)

Hepatorenal syndrome

Hepatopulmonary syndrome

Hypersplenism

Liver cancer (hepatocellular carcinoma)

The most common symptoms and signs of primary liver cancer are abdominal pain and swelling, an enlarged liver, weight loss, and fever. In addition, liver cancers can produce and release a number of substances, including ones that cause an increased in red blood cell count (erythrocytosis), low blood sugar (hypoglycemia), and high blood calcium (hypercalcemia ).Continue.

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Liver Biopsy Part II

A liver biopsy is a procedure for the diagnosis of abnormal liver conditions.

There are several methods of obtaining biopsies of the liver, but unless it is an unusual situation, the most common method is percutaneously ("through the skin"). A percutaneous biopsy involves numbing a small area of skin over the lower right side of the chest (this site is directly over the liver).

A local anesthetic (usually Lidocaine or Novocaine) is injected with a needle. The needle is introduced further with additional injections of anesthetic all the way through the chest wall and into the liver. This numbs the tract that the biopsy needle will take and reduces discomfort.

Next, a special biopsy needle is inserted into the same area, and, with the patient holding his or her breath, the biopsy needle is inserted quickly into the liver and withdrawn. (The insertion and withdrawal of the biopsy needle takes only a second or two.) Suction through the needle, applied via an attached syringe, causes a small piece of liver (the biopsy) to be pulled into the needle and cut off from the rest of the liver. Other types of biopsy needles have a spring loaded cutting mechanism to obtain the liver tissue without the use of the syringe suction.

If there is a question about the exact position of the liver or a specific part of the liver is to be biopsied, an ultrasound of the liver may be performed before the biopsy to determine the exact direction for the biopsy needle to be inserted.

There may be varying amounts of discomfort at the site of the biopsy especially after the effect of the anesthetic wears off. Most patients have minimal pain, but some require medication for pain which lasts up to a few hours.

What are possible complications of a liver biopsy?

The most common complication of liver biopsy is bleeding from the liver at the site of the biopsy. This occurs in approximately one out of every 100 patients who are biopsied. The bleeding usually (50-75% of the time) is not heavy enough to require blood transfusions. In rare cases (less than 1 biopsy in a thousand), the bleeding may not stop and surgery is required to stop it. Fatal complications have been reported in up to 0.038% of biopsied patients.

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The liver and hepatitis C

The liver is one of the most important organs in the human body. Our largest organ, the liver is located in a central position of the abdomen, and is intimately involved in almost every aspect of the body's processes. Because of its central role, liver disease strikes at the very heart of the body's functions and processes - and can be extremely life-threatening. You cannot live without a liver. While the liver serves a variety of functions, the most crucial is its role in the body's metabolism. There is no organ that is more important to healthy metabolism than the liver - in many ways, it is as central to metabolism as the heart is to the circulation of blood. The liver plays a critical role in four key areas of metabolism: fuel management, nitrogen excretion, the regulation water distribution between the blood and tissues, and the detoxification of foreign substances. Because of the crucial importance of healthly metabolism to overall health, diseases of the liver, such as hepatitis C, can be devastating, leading to fatigue, malaise, and even to death

The liver is subject to a variety of other disorders and diseases. Abscesses can be caused by acute appendicitis; those occurring in the bile ducts may result from gallstones or may follow surgery. The parasite that causes amebic dysentery in the tropics can produce liver abscesses as well. Various other parasites prevalent in different parts of the world also infect the liver. Cancers of the liver are common, most of them secondary tumours originating elsewhere in the body. Glycogen-storage diseases, a group of hereditary disorders, generate a buildup of glycogen in the liver and an insufficient supply of glucose in the blood. Certain drugs may damage the liver, producing jaundice.

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Acute infection with hepatitis B virus is demonstrated in the following symptoms: loss of appetite, fatigue and general weakness, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, muscle and joint pain, fever, yellow skin and whites of the eyes, dark colored urine and light stools. The above symptoms may be absent in about 30% of infected persons, and also significantly less often occur in children ...

Prohibited foods and beverages: lard, tallow, dried meat, sausages, salami, sharp spices and sauces, savory cheeses, nuts, hazelnuts . All alcoholic beverages, regardless of alcohol ...

Liver loves the coffee, juice carrots, cooked apples, cooked fruit home, a young low-fat cheese homemade and tea for the liver.

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Tips for the sick liver

In previous posts on the liver was described a few very good recipes, but recipes never end, and advice. The following is the continuation of: carrot juice to drink per day to 15o grams.

Green tea is good for the liver because it is rich in antioxidants and liver regeneration. often drink juice .O use to find recipes on the Internet.

Weak the functions of the liver, inadequate secretion of bile against viral diseases 15 minutes before meals drink one spoon of oil Curekota, and immediately pour a bucket of honey and a lukewarm dl water.To work 3 times a day. There are a hint that the people used in cirrhosis of the liver, which is the pineapple, use one can of day, 40 days and to renew the liver.

In addition to cirrhosis is a good grass and Chelidonii herba she has juice yellow orange.Tog juice two days to take 10 -15 drops, before meals, and one days pause.

Recipe I tried, but it is interesting and I will try, because there are still some Chelidonii herba around the house.Necessary to comply prescription. Who is afraid of, it can take a lower dose.

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The liver Part I

The liver is the largest organ in our body, seeks to 1200-1500 mg, and makes fiftieth of the total body weight. The child is relatively larger, and makes her part of the eighteenth. It is located in the right upper abdomen and protected by ribs. The upper edge of the liver is scanned in the amount of warts. Distinguish two liver lobe: left, lower, and right, which is higher sixfolds.

The functional liver unit lobulus.

The liver has a central role in the metabolism of proteins, carbohydrates, fatty acids, vitamins and minerals, hormones, produced by the gall and detoxify drugs. For the above reasons, the liver are called "chemical factory" of our body.

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