It hurts the liver. Symptoms in humans. As hurts women, men, after alcohol, antibiotics, while running, pregnancy. What medications, treatment of folk remedies at home

Even at the dawn of medicine people guessed that such a body as the liver plays a very important for the human body. Therefore they called it "the seat of the soul." Symptoms, when it hurts the liver, have been described by the ancient physicians.

Where is the liver and what is its role.

The liver - the biggest iron body weight up to 1.8 kg. It is located in the abdomen, right under the ribs, occupying a lot of space. The name comes from the word "stove", as it is - and even the hottest body, it never for a moment stopped complex chemical transformations.

Liver - unpaired organ, and in case of disease and failure, a person will inevitably perish. Wise nature of this case to provide a liver high capacity for regeneration. Even partially Remote iron after some time recovering in size. All the functions that performs liver, transfer difficult: their 90.

The main ones are:

• The production of bile, which is needed in the digestive process.
• Blood formation during embryonic development.
• Maintaining homeostasis (constancy of body condition at all levels).
• Decontamination of toxic substances enter the body through the digestive tract.
• Excretion of excess vitamins, hormones, and other metabolic products, the destruction of red blood cells.
• Blood depot.
• Storage of carbohydrates as glycogen.
• The synthesis of proteins and some hormones.
• The place of production and storage of vitamins (especially B group).

It can hurt the liver?

Hurts the liver, in humans the symptoms are not immediate. To the liver characterized by the absence of the nerve endings, so the organ itself pain can not give. There is even a saying: "The liver is suffering in silence." But in the capsule surrounding the gland, nerves very much.

Therefore, when the liver increases and begins to exert a pressing effect on the wall of the capsule, there is a dull, aching pain. In the early stages of the pathology, pain crushes and did not pass, as the disease progresses, it may appear discomfort in the back and under the right scapula, especially while driving.

Cramping, severe cramps, seizures suggest that the problems with the liver and the gall bladder is already very serious.

In other cases, pain in the right hypochondrium may be associated with the pathology of which are located nearby. A dysfunction of the gland itself manifest in diseases of other organs, organ systems and violation of metabolic processes.

Which can lead to liver disease

Since iron is "at the forefront" of the struggle with toxins, and through its cells are skipped poisons that people voluntarily or accidentally consumed with food, it can not but affect the health authority.

Pathological liver conditions can be triggered by:

• alcohol abuse;
• smoking;
• drug use;
• overweight and a habit to eat at night;
• physical inactivity, which leads to stagnation of bile;
• pregnancy exacerbated when various pathological processes;
• excessive and unreasonable physical activity in combination with irregular breathing technique;
• aggressive diet;
• adverse environmental conditions: poor quality drinking water, atmospheric air;
  
• severe calorie food: fatty meats, cream-filled pastries, fast food;
• spicy food with a sharp odor: coriander, garlic, onion, vinegar, radish, spices;
• Refried, pickled, sour, salty, smoked food;
• chronic administration of drugs;
• lesion of liver parasites that can get through communication with animals, or poorly processed meat or fishery food: roundworm, Giardia, tapeworm, schistosomes, opisthorchis;
• viral infections;
• trauma (bruise, cut, gunshot wound);
• heredity.

Of course, it does not mean that you should immediately cease to communicate with animals and have salted fish, garlic and fried potatoes. And take a person needs medication and drinking an alcoholic beverage is sometimes necessary. But everything should be done wisely and with caution.

Basic liver disease

The list of diseases that affect the "seat of the soul", is wide.

Below mentioned are the most common and well known:

• Hepatitis of any etiology (Autoimmune, chronic, bacterial, enterovirus, herpes simplex, alcohol, leptospirosis). This is a sudden inflammation that affects the entire body tissue. Can be caused by viruses A, B, C, D, E, F, alcohol, medications.
  
• All types of cirrhosis. Cirrhosis - the heaviest defeat of diffuse authority, when, along with inflammatory phenomena, there is overgrowth connective tissue, blood flow is disturbed, increased pressure in the portal vein and the liquid penetrates into the abdominal cavity. This disease results in excessive alcohol consumption, viral hepatitis or chronic form.
• hepatic steatosis - this degeneration of cancer associated with the accumulation of fat cells in it. This phenomenon is possible in case of obesity, alcohol abuse, diabetes, endocrine disorders, lack of protein in the diet, pathologies of digestion.
• Liver failure associated with loss of liver cell ability to function, and accompanied by a disturbance of brain activity. It may be due to trauma, chemical, viral and drug exposure.
• cyst of the liver - a cavity filled with liquid, can be predecessor cancer process or result of penetration in body parasites (Echinococcus).
• liver tumor It can be either benign or cancerous. Malignant tumors occur most often in the background of virus B and C, or cirrhosis. It may also be in the form of metastases in lesions of other organs.
• Pathology of the gallbladder and bile ducts cholangitis - getting an infection in the bile duct, sand and gallstones, cholecystitis - inflammation of the bladder wall.
• hepatophyma can cause parasites (amoeba) and bacteria. In the body tissues appear the areas filled with pus.
• amyloidosis of the liver develops against the background of disturbances of protein metabolism and accumulation in hepatocytes (liver cells functional) protein. Over time, developing liver failure.
  
• hemochromatosis - pathology of hereditary nature, in which there is an active iron absorption and its accumulation in various organs, including - in the liver.
• Wilson's disease It is a genetic disease and leads to severe organ lesions due to the accumulation in liver cells (and body) of copper.

In addition, the health of the liver reflects all the pathological processes that affect the digestive and circulatory systems, endocrine organs, diseases associated with disturbed metabolism and oncology. It should also be noted a large number of genetic abnormalities.

Characteristics of pain

Hurts the liver, in humans the symptoms manifest themselves in the form of pain. Pain in the defeat of this important gland of the body, can have a different "color" and often help the doctor to understand what is the reason for discomfort.

For example:

• When a patient complains that "Whines the right", This indicates a chronic process, most often advanced disease. Usually such feelings are enhanced during exercise and after a meal. There may also be accompanied by nausea, belching, heartburn, bloating, violation of the chair.
• "Nagging pain" It becomes stronger with emotion, torso. It "is given" in the area of ​​neck and shoulder girdle and under the shoulder blade.
• "Fullness" feeling of, The severity with cirrhosis.
• "Dull" lasting pain - a symptom of advanced disease. It may be accompanied by weight loss and have a different intensity.
• "Stitching" and "oppressive" in diseases of the biliary ducts.
  
• "Strong" and "sharp" pain occurs with an increase in tumors, cysts, abscesses appearance, cholelithiasis. In humans, the patient disappears appetite, appear fever, diarrhea.
• "Pulsing" pain occur when an aneurysm hepatic artery and circulatory disorders. There is a feeling of nausea and weight. Rhythm "ripple" corresponds to the frequency of the pulse.
• "Sharp" pain occurs suddenly, suddenly and radiates into the shoulder region of the mandible. Fever, vomiting may occur. Typically, such features are characteristic of acute cholecystitis (biliary colic), and can be provoked heavy physical activity, diet disorder, violent shaking (horse riding, on a bad road).

What symptoms are characteristic, if the liver is sick?

liver disease for a long time without developing pain. Therefore, patients go to the doctor when the disease is no longer in the early stages of its development. To prevent such a situation, it is necessary to know the characteristics of an early stage and further development of the pathology of this organ.

symptoms:

• Against the backdrop of protein metabolism, the first symptoms are asthenic symptoms: drowsiness, fatigue, lethargy.

  

• Pain in the right upper quadrant or occur during acute inflammatory process.
• A sizeable increase in the body.
• Dyspepsia: reluctance to eat, nausea and vomiting with bile, violations of the chair, the emergence of bitterness in the mouth.
• Yellowness, directly related to the violation of bile transport and increased bilirubin levels. The various shades of yellow colored skin, eye proteins mucosal (oral).
• The increase of the spleen.
• Varicose veins in the esophagus.
• Joint and muscle pain.
• Painful lymph nodes, and their increase.
• Sweating, swelling and bruising.
• Cracks on the tongue, the appearance on it in white or brown plaque.
• Dark-colored urine.
• Feces becomes lighter in color (clay).
• Skin manifestations: pruritus, petechial hemorrhages, vascular "stars" because of problems with blood clotting.
• Bleeding from the nose.
• Intensive hair loss.
• Redness of the palms.
• Staining language in the crimson color (a sign of a lack of vitamin B12).
• Putrid smell from the mouth, belching.
• On the eyelids appear fatty "plaques".
• Disturbed sleep and memory.
• Febrile phenomena.
• A large number of enlarged veins in the abdomen.
• Impotence in men and women in violation of the cycle.

Hurts the liver, in humans the symptoms must be analyzed by the doctor. Examination of the patient takes place using modern diagnostic methods, as pains in the right hypochondrium occur at a lesion and adjacent to the liver organ.

They are:

• Heart disease (throbbing pain).
• Appendicitis during pregnancy or in the presence of anatomical features of the location of the appendix (high).
• Ectopic pregnancy.
  
• Renal colic. The right kidney simulates renal pain, give a right edge, urolithiasis, pyelonephritis, traumatic lesions of the kidneys.
• An acute attack of pancreatitis (acute pain), as well as the pancreas is in contact with the liver and gall bladder.
• Duodenal ulcer can give "hungry" pain in the liver area, appearing at night or during prolonged starvation.
• When osteochondrosis, when there is compression of the spinal nerve roots, there is pain on the right side.

Methods for diagnosing liver disease

The person feels persistent fatigue, tired quickly, says the yellow hue of the skin and the sclera, it appears discomfort on the right side of the body, the scales show unexplained weight reduction - there is every reason to turn to doctor. These symptoms suggest that the liver hurts.

Modern research methods allow diagnosis at a very early stage of the disease:

1. The first step is the study of blood. Inflammatory and infectious processes accompanied by increasing amounts of antibody that is detected common clinical analysis.
2. Biochemical blood analysis will help to identify severe pathology.
3. Blood Assay for alpha-fetoprotein.
   
4. A study by ultrasound give complete picture of changes in body size and deviations from the norm.
5. Accurate diagnosis is provided by the study using magnetic resonance imaging.
6. Fence liver tissue particles for laboratory examination (biopsy) is carried out by piercing the skin under the right edges. This procedure is contraindicated in cirrhosis and liver failure, as there is a risk of bleeding.

Hepatotherapy

Treatment prescribed by a doctor, hepatologist produced after research. Modern medicine has great potential in the restoration work of this important body. Most importantly - do not miss the point that the pathology was not irreversible. Most liver pathologies treated with drugs - hepatoprotectors.

In the complex therapy of vitamins include:

• Liver cancer, with early diagnosis, is cured by means of electric high frequency current, or by introducing into the tumor through the hepatic artery drug with embolus. If these methods do not work, surgically removing a part of the body. If the prognosis is favorable, the liver eventually restored.
• Cyst larger than 5 cm to be removed surgically. Cure with drugs in this disease is impossible.
• Parasitic infestation of the liver treated by taking into account the species of the parasite, their form of life and the patient's condition. Self-medication in this case, it is better not to do, because you can put the process into a chronic form. For exposure to helminths used drugs: Pyrantel, Nemozol, Intetriks, piperazine and others.
  
• Cirrhosis often has an unfavorable prognosis for the patient. For life-saving use removing a portion of the prostate or transplantation, developed a method of treatment using stem cells.
• hepatitis treatment occurs within six months using antibiotics and drugs such as Interferon and Ribaverin. Thus there may be side effects (depression, poor sleep and appetite), which extend at the end of treatment.
• Inflammation of the ducts, excretory bile, treated only by surgery: it is necessary to expand the lumen of the duct to allow bile to flow.
• When gepatoze mandatory addition of drug treatment is a diet that excludes alcohol, coffee, bread, soft drinks, spicy, salty, fatty foods.

Home Treatment

Hurts the liver, in humans the symptoms arise constantly. Each can independently carry out maintenance therapy liver using available drugs together with GI purification.

One of the drugs aimed at the normalization of the body, is a herbal preparation "Allohol" accept to be in accordance with the instructions.

Simultaneously with taking medication is necessary to use vitamins, balance your diet on protein and remove the burden of the liver for processing of oily and spicy food. bowel Purification can be carried out both by enema and using laxatives.

What vitamins are needed liver

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• Lipolevaya acid - vitamin compound regulating carbohydrate and fat metabolism. It helps the liver to synthesize new cells and break down toxins.
• Vitamin E - antioxidant functional activity supports gland. Helps cell regeneration, it stimulates the increase of the immune response.
• Vitamin C helps to maintain immunity helps recover the cells and normalize metabolism. Especially great loss of ascorbic acid occurs in hepatitis.
• Vitamin A is lost in hepatitis and cirrhosis. Lack of retinol leads to violation of separation of bile and gall bladder operation.
• To complete the work required liver B vitamins B1, B2, B6, B12 and PP.
• Normal organ function is possible without the presence in the body of zinc and selenium, which provide liver protection from the toxic action of metabolic products.

Traditional methods of recovery and treatment of liver diseases

Using the traditional treatments of the liver should be implemented after consultation with the doctor. Traditional healing in conjunction with traditional medicine, can bring good results.

Well established as an aid to patient body:

• Royal jelly. Restorative effect of royal jelly will increase if you take it with honey, bee pollen, cheese and dried fruit.
  
• Herbal teas, which include St. John's wort, wheat grass (root), chicory (bark), yarrow, horsetail, chamomile (flowers), sage, tansy, series.
• Corn silk delivering liver selenium to neutralize poisons.
• Garlic, turmeric, whose action is similar antibiotics.
• Oats recovers and purifies the liver. From it is prepared jelly, cereals, broths.
• Bile herbal facilitating work gland. Their composition include: calendula, celandine, dandelion.
• The infusion of pumpkin seeds with honey, the infusion of tansy, fir extract, collection of sage, tansy, oak bark - are effective in the fight against liver helminths.
• Special breathing exercises, which can be used to reduce pain.

The diet for liver diseases

People suffering from liver disease need to follow a strict diet.

Their diet should not be present:

• strong tea, cocoa, coffee;
• alcohol;
• baking, fresh pastries, cakes;
• smoked products;
• canned food;
• spicy and salty foods;
• hard-boiled eggs;
• oily fish and meat;
  
• mushrooms;
• strong broths on meat, fish, mushrooms;
• fatty milk-based products;
• acidic and acute vegetables (sorrel, radishes);
• pepper, garlic, mustard.

Prevention of liver diseases

For a full and joyful life the most important condition - good health, when nothing hurts. Liver - the most important gland that provides operation of all organ systems at the proper level. Preservation of health "seat of the soul" (in addition to genetic pathologies) is in the hands of man himself.

It is necessary, for the sake of their own health, to accept the simple rule of life to prevent symptoms of the disease:

• not to use drugs;
• do not abuse alcohol products;
• stop smoking;
• use a minimum amount of coffee and strong tea;
• personal hygiene, including in the area of ​​sexual relations;
• there is as little "heavy" food for the liver;
• not to get drugs;
• lead an active lifestyle, exercise;
  
• Observe the correct conditions for preparing meat and fish food;
• adhere to the regime;
• regularly (once a year) to carry out preventive "cleaning" of the body.

Registration of the article: Lozinski Oleg

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