The article "Have You A Healthier Liver" talks about health and medical, it was written by James John.
What is Liver Health
The largest internal organ in the body, the liver is located in
the upper rgiht portion of the abdomen, beneath the diaphragm
and above most of the stomach, intestines and pancreas. The
liver has many functions, including secreting bile, neutralizing
poisons, synthesizing proteins, and storing glycogen and certain
vitamins and minerals.
the largest oragn in the body, producing
many essential chemicals and regulating the levels of most vital
substances in the blood. Some important functions of the Liver<
/a> are: to allow the Qi to flow smoothly throughout the body
and to 'store' the Blood.
Over 5 mililon Americans have
hepatitis B or C, resulting in an estimated 13,000 to 15,000
deaths annually.
Ways to Love Your Liver Health
1. Avoid taking unnecessary medications (Too many chemicals can
harm me).
2.
Don't mix medicines without the advice of a doctor.
(You
could create something poisonous that colud damage me badly)
3.
Street drugs cause serious daamge and scar me permanently.
4.
Don't drwon me in beer, liquor or wine.
(If you drink
alcohol, have two or fewer drinks per day) .
5.
Never mix alcohol with other drugs & medications.
6.
Be careful when uisng aerosol cleaners.
I have to detoxify
what you breathe in, so when you go on a cleaning binge, make
sure the room is well ventilated, or wear a mask.
7. Bug sprays, paint sprays and all those otehr chemical sprays
you use can harm me too.
Be careful what you breathe.
8.
Watch what gets on your skin! (Those insecticides you put on
trees and shrubs to kill bugs can get to me right thruogh your
skin and destroy cells.) Remember, they're serious
chemicals.
TROUBLE SIGNS:
Here are signs of liver trouble. If you experience anyof
these symptoms, please contact your doctor.
1. Yellow discoloration of the skin or eyes.
2 Abdominal swelling or severe abdominal pain.
3.
Prolonged itching of the skin.
4. Very dark urine or pale stools-, or the passage of bloody or
tar-like stools.
5. Chronic fatigue, nausea or loss of appetite.
Eat for Health: Since eveyrthing we eat must pass through the
liver, special attention to nutrition and diet can help keep me
healthy. Here are tips on eating for health healthy liver,
healthy you.
1-Eat a well balanced, nutritionally adequate diet. if you enjoy
foods from each of the four food groups, you will probably
obtain the nturients you need.
2 -Cut down on the aomunt of deep-fried and fatty foods you and
your family consume. Doctors think that the risk of
gallbladder diosrders (including gallstones, a liver-related
disease) can be reduced by avoiding high-fat and high
cholesterol foods.
3 - Minimize your consumption of smoked, cured and slated foods.
Taste your food before adding salt!
Or try alternative
seasonings in your cooking such as lemon juice, onion, vinegar,
garlic, pepper, mustard, cloves, sage or thyme.
MEAT, FISH, POULTRY & ALTERNATIVES PROVIDE:
protein
, vitamin A, iron,
vitamin B12, niacin, fiber, thiamin
BREADS AND CEREALS PROVIDE:
carbohydrates, niacin,
thiamin, iron, ribofl
avin, fiber
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES PROVIDE:
vitamin A, vitamin
C, iron, fiber, folacin
MILK AND MILK PRDOUCTS PROVIDE:
calcium,
riboflavin, niacin,folacin, vitamin
A, vitamin B12, vitamin D.
Liver Function Tests:The most commonly used way to check for
liver problems; these blood tests look for chemicals in the body
that are produced when the liver does its various jobs.
The
tests can be used to diagnose and monitor chronic viral
hepatitis as well as other liver diseases. The two most common
tests include the following liver enzymes. Blood tests to
measure the function of the liver. These are blood tests that
are ordered regularly by liver doctors.
They give an indication
of how well the liver is working and help sort out the type of
problem that may be preesnt.
They are done daily immediately
following transplantation.
Abnormalities can indicate rejection,
infection, side effects from drugs and many other things.
Experience is required to determine what the results mean.
Liver
Enzymes:Proteins that catlayze chemical reactions needed for
bodily functions. Levels of certain enzymes, such as ALT and AST
are higher when the liver is injured, as they leak into the
bloodstream when the cell is injured or destryoed. proteins that
catalyze cehmical reactions needed for bodily functions. Levels
of certain enzymes, such as ALT and AST are higher when the
liver is injured, as they leak into the bloodstream when the
cell is injured or destroyed.
Fatty Liver:Fatty liver or steatosis hepatis is a reversible
condition seen in chronic alcoholism and many other conditions,
where large vacuoles of lipid accumulate in hepatocytes (the
cells of the liver).
Accumulation of fat in lievr cells will
cause the liver to enlarge.
The lipid within the vacuoles is a
particular type of lipid known as tirglyceride.
Triglyceride
molecules consist of a glyeorl backbone with three fatty acid
molecules joined on.
Liver failure:The final stage of liver disease, in which liver
function becomes so impaired that other areas of the body are
affected, most commonly the brain. Liver failure is the final
stage of liver disesae. By definition, liver failure occurs when
the liver is so diseased, and functioning so poorly, that
encephalopathy is evident.
Any progressive liver disease can
result in liver failure; examples include: acetaminophen
toxicity, liver
cirrhosis, viral
hepatitis, and metastatic cancer of the liver.
Liver
Cancer:A disease in which malignant (cancer) cells are found
in the tissues of the liver. Hepatocelullar carcinoma (HCC, also
called hepatoma) is a primary malignancy (cancer
) of the liver. Most cases are seocndary to either hepatitis
infection (usually hepatitis B or C) or cirrhosis (alcoholism
being the most common cause of hepatic cirrhosis).
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