To answer a question that has attracted much attention, this article explains the matter of "protecting the liver" thoroughly:

Some friends may suffer from various reasons, such as hepatitis B , frequent drinking, high-fat diet, taking some drugs, etc., resulting in poor liver function, but you dare not use drugs indiscriminately, go to the doctor, the doctor can only tell you to stop drinking and eat a low-fat diet, and some people continue to do so. Procrastination leads to liver disease. Liver protection actually not only means eliminating mutagenic factors, but also includes taking measures to improve liver function. To protect the liver, you must first understand the reasons for your liver failure

When the liver is damaged by certain pathogenic factors, it will cause damage to the liver's morphological structure and abnormal liver function. These factors may include the hepatotropic viruses mentioned above, heavy drinking, high-fat diet, aflatoxins, etc.

For mild damage, obvious functional abnormalities will generally not occur through the compensatory function of the liver; if the damage lasts for a long time and is relatively severe, it will cause obvious substance metabolism disorders and reduced detoxification function. , abnormal liver function changes such as bile formation and excretion disorders and bleeding tendency, that is, abnormal liver function. How do you know how damaged your liver is?

Serum index examination and imaging examination can generally confirm the diagnosis, and liver biopsy can also be used to confirm the diagnosis. Combined with the reasons for your own liver failure, you can make more targeted adjustments.

In addition, liver disease does not come without a trace. The following 6 symptoms account for more than 2, and liver function needs to be checked as soon as possible: 1. Jaundice, the liver is damaged and cannot decompose toxins normally, which is reflected on the skin. , there will be symptoms of yellowing of the complexion and yellowing of the whites of the eyes. 2. Ascites, liver function is weakened, and fluid in the abdominal cavity will slowly accumulate, forming ascites. The belly appears to be unusually large and yellow. 3. Pain in the right upper quadrant. This location is the "territory" of the liver. Once there is pain, it is likely that the liver disease has been very serious.

4. Loss of weight occurs rapidly in a short period of time, liver cells are constantly damaged, and the body will suffer from loss of appetite, resulting in nutritional deficiencies and weight loss. 5. Abnormal bleeding, abnormal liver function, and problems with coagulation function will cause abnormal bleeding symptoms to occur in many parts of the body. 6. Liver palms and spider nevi. The ability of liver lesions to suppress estrogen is weakened. Estrogen accumulates in capillaries, which can cause abnormalities such as liver palms and spider nevi.

The following takes hepatitis B, fatty liver, cirrhosis, etc. as examples to briefly introduce the treatment of liver protection: Hepatitis B

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) has strong hepatotropic properties, and human liver cells as their natural hosts. Therefore, as long as the patient is found to be HBV positive, no matter whether it is major or minor, some of the liver cells of these patients have been occupied by the HBV virus.

Usually it takes more than ten years for liver cancer to occur, but after being infected with the HBV virus, the time to develop liver cancer will be greatly shortened. People with chronic HBV infection are 100 times more likely to develop HCC than normal people. 20% of patients with chronic hepatitis B will develop liver cancer.

For hepatitis B patients, antiviral treatment and hepatoprotective treatment are top priorities. Once HBV infection is detected, liver function should be closely monitored for abnormalities and viral activity detected. Under the guidance of a doctor, hepatitis B antiviral drug treatment is actively carried out, and the patient needs to take medicine for a long time. It usually takes about two years, and the medication cannot be stopped on its own during the period. Fatty liver

Generally, mild to moderate fatty liver does not require treatment. The best specific medicine is to change your lifestyle. To treat severe fatty liver, you should not only change your lifestyle, but also take liver-protecting and lipid-lowering drugs. If it is fatty liver disease, which is fatty liver mainly caused by obesity, as long as the weight is controlled, the situation of fat infiltration into the liver can be significantly improved. If it is alcoholic fatty liver disease, limiting alcohol intake can reduce transaminases to basically normal levels. If it is malnutrition fatty liver, as long as a high-protein diet is given, the liver fat can be quickly removed, and the liver function will naturally return to normal.

I would like to emphasize one more point: when you usually have no obvious symptoms but are found to have fatty liver during a physical examination, you should find out the cause as soon as possible and adjust the cause. Most fatty liver can return to normal. Liver cirrhosis

The three-step process of hepatitis B-cirrhosis-liver cancer. In fact, the antecedent of liver cirrhosis is not only hepatitis B, but also fatty liver, alcoholic liver, non-alcoholic fatty liver, and physical and chemical liver damage. . Occurs in almost all patients with chronic liver injury, usually liver fibrosis leading to cirrhosis, characterized by nodule formation and liver shrinkage.

Active anti-hepatic fibrosis treatment can delay the occurrence of cirrhosis to a certain extent and even reverse early-stage cirrhosis. Because the process of becoming cirrhosis is relatively long, it is easy to ignore it. You should be proactive and do not wait until the late stage of cirrhosis, bleeding, edema, ascites and other problems to treat it. By then it is already too late. Other ways to protect the liver

The liver is like a bank in the human body, responsible for managing the circulation of the body's three major currencies (qi, blood, and water). Emotions, sleep, diet and even drugs, etc., can all affect the liver's purgative function.

So, in addition to eliminating the triggers, there are many ways to protect the liver, including diet, exercise, and taking liver-protective drugs. No matter which way, it boils down to three aspects: 1. Reduce the burden on the liver, 2. Increase liver nutrition, 3. Improve blood supply to the liver.

1. Reducing the burden on the liver is the most important. Don't put too much burden on the liver. Don’t drink alcohol, but eat a lot of high-protein and high-fat foods. If the liver is damaged or even liver dysfunction occurs, you should be even more careful. The liver has strong compensatory and repair functions, but it cannot withstand long-term stress. 2. Nutritional supply must keep up. This is not a high-protein diet, but rather amino acids, inosine and other substances, which are necessary for liver cell repair. Cucumber, celery, spinach, cauliflower, kelp, etc. can be eaten regularly and are good for the liver. Because the B vitamins and vitamin D contained directly or indirectly participate in the metabolic process of the liver, vitamin C and vitamin E can resist liver oxidation and maintain the vitality of liver cells. 3. Don’t stay up late and be tired, and exercise properly. Staying up late is usually more serious for facial oil production, especially for people with liver disease. Staying up late will make the virus more active, which may put the body in a more dangerous state.

If liver-protecting medicines can be divided into liver-protecting and reducing jaundice, liver-protecting and enzyme-reducing, liver-protecting and detoxifying, etc., liver-protecting and liver-protecting health care products are mainly indirect by providing nutrients for liver repair. Protect liver. So from this perspective, why bother spending those wasted money? Introduction to Dr. Bu Yao

Ph.D., licensed pharmacist, senior nutritionist, protects life and health, rejects fake health regimen, and takes care of you to maintain a healthy you!