What is liver disease?

Liver disease is a disease that occurs in the liver. Including hepatitis B, hepatitis A, hepatitis C, cirrhosis, fatty liver, liver cancer, alcohol liver and many other liver diseases. It is a common and extremely harmful disease and should be based on active prevention.

What is liver disease?

The liver is the largest digestive gland in the human body and is the central station of material energy metabolism in the body. It is estimated that there are more than 500 chemical reactions occurring in the liver. First, it secretes bile to help digest the diet; it supplies the absorbed amino acid synthesis protein to our body energy, allowing us to energetically complete the day's work; it can store and burn body fat, control our body shape; it is fat soluble The storage organ of vitamins; it can also oxidize, reduce, and decompose toxins in the body, and devour bacteria that are inadvertently eaten into the body. It is the body's largest detoxification organ. Experiments have shown that animals can only survive for more than 50 hours after receiving the corresponding treatment after the liver is completely removed. This indicates that the liver is an essential organ for life-sustaining activities.



Common liver diseases include hepatitis, cirrhosis, liver abscess, primary liver cancer, etc. Hepatitis is mainly caused by chronic hepatitis. According to the etiology, it is divided into chronic viral hepatitis, autoimmune hepatitis, toxic hepatitis, hereditary diseases and other reasons. Chronic hepatitis. Hepatitis B is the most common form of hepatitis B. Hepatitis B virus is a worldwide infectious disease. According to statistics, there are more than 280 million people carrying hepatitis B surface antigen in the world. China is a high-incidence area of ​​hepatitis B. Currently there is a chronic hepatitis B disease. About 30 million people, 400,000 people die of cirrhosis after hepatitis B every year.

The performance of liver disease is very concealed. The most prominent symptoms are fatigue and lack of diet. Common symptoms are pain or discomfort, nausea, tired of greasy, fullness after eating or jaundice, dry mouth, stool or dry or phlegm, yellow urine, or low fever, dizziness, tinnitus, pale complexion and so on. If it is cirrhosis, in addition to the clinical manifestations of hepatitis, there are ascites, abdominal wall blood vessels, edema around the body, oliguria, liver palm, spider mites, severe cases may also be bleeding. In order to find liver disease as early as possible, it is very important to check in time. If you have the above situation, you should go to the hospital to check the two-and-a-half of hepatitis B, liver function, liver B-ultrasound and so on.