WORLD HEPATITIS DAY | Protect Your Liver

Liver is the most vigorous organ of the human body. In addition to bile production and participation in the digestion of lipidsubstances, the liver has important functions such as synthesis, decomposition, transformation, storage, detoxification, participation inimmunity and inactivation of hormones in the metabolism of the body. It is known as the "chemical factory" of the human body.

As people's material living standards has improved: good diet, more entertainment, and less exercise, so the onset age of fatty liver isgetting younger and younger; Currently the patients are of around 30 years old.

Most people don't pay much attention to this. Fat is good, but if too much fat grows in a wrong place, then the trouble comes. Long-term fatty liver can lead to a range of lesions, for example: Cirrhosis and Liver cancer. Liver cirrhosis: Cirrhosis is a clinically common chronic progressive liver disease, a diffuse liver damage caused by long-term orrepeated action of one or more causes. In China, most of the liver cirrhosis is after hepatitis. In the advanced stage of cirrhosis,complications such as upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage, hepatic encephalopathy, secondary infection, hypersplenism, ascites, andcancer are often present. Liver cancer: Primary liver cancer is one of the common malignant tumors in China, and it is highly developed in the southeast coastalareas. The median age of liver cancer patients in China is 40 to 50 years old, and men are more common than women. Its etiology andpathogenesis have not yet been determined. More than half of the patients showed liver pain as the first symptoms, mostly persistentdull pain, tingling or pain.

Besides, drug-induced hepatitis is also a type of high-risk disease of hepatitis. It refers to liver damage caused by drugs or theirmetabolites. As the hepatic has superior compensatory ability, even if the liver is already in a "sub-health" state, or has produced many seriousirreversible damages, it is not easy to be perceived. These highlight the importance of "love the liver in the daily life, protect the liver inpeacetime."

In addition to improve personal health awareness, keep good living habits, healthy diet, and physical exercise. It is suggested to do blood tests regularlyto check liver functions. Maintain a healthy "liver" and enjoy a good life.