The liver is an expert in detoxification and a security guard, but that doesn’t mean it is invulnerable and invasive.
In fact, the liver is a vulnerable soldier!
What hurts the liver the most? Today, please invite Dr. Wang Xiaoman from hepatobiliary surgery to talk about it.
Drinking heavily hurts the liver.
As the saying goes, diseases come from the mouth, and most of the things that hurt the liver in daily life are also related to eating.
Wine is a good hand at hurting liver.
Alcohol (ethanol) is metabolized in the liver first to acetaldehyde, then to acetic acid, which is finally metabolized to water and carbon dioxide. In addition, there is an intragastric metabolic route for ethanol. In multiple metabolic chains, various metabolites will produce toxic reactions that affect the liver. This toxic reaction may be more serious in some people:
- If it is light, the damage to liver cells causes liver enzymes (such as transaminase, which is often called transaminase) to run from the cells to the blood, so many people will find that liver enzymes (transaminase) increase after drinking.
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If it is serious, liver cells will undergo irreversible damage and undergo a series of evolution into [liver cirrhosis], which is medically called [alcoholic liver cirrhosis] and may develop into liver cancer.
Eating too much meat hurts the liver.
Eating too well and having too much fat will also hurt the liver.
The liver is the metabolic center of the three major nutrients of human body: sugar, protein and fat. After the food eaten into the stomach is digested by the gastrointestinal tract, it will be processed in the liver and transformed into nutrients utilized by adults’ physical ability.
The liver is not made of iron, it will also be [tired].
If you eat big fish and big meat and eat heavy oil, the liver cannot handle it, and fat cannot be metabolized into sugar in time. Instead, it will be used as a stock and overstocked in liver cells, resulting in excessive accumulation of liver fat, which is commonly referred to as “fatty liver”.
Coupled with the participation of insulin resistance and other factors, fatty liver continues to progress into [nonalcoholic steatohepatitis] and begins to cause damage to the liver.
Fatty liver can be treated and reversed to a certain extent, but if it is not paid attention to for a long time, it will cause fatty liver cirrhosis and even liver cancer.
Taking medicine indiscriminately hurts the liver.
The liver is a well-known detoxification organ, which participates in drug metabolism and can decompose toxic substances.
If you have noticed the column of “Adverse Reactions” in the drug instructions, you will find that quite a number of drugs have written a sentence: Long-term administration may cause liver enzyme elevation, please use the drug under the guidance of a doctor.
Therefore, don’t eat any medicine indiscriminately. You must eat it under the guidance of a doctor and according to the methods introduced in the instructions.
As for those drugs that say [adverse reactions are not yet clear], please stay at a respectful distance to reduce unexpected liver injury.
Want to [protect liver]
Only four [one point] are needed.
So, what should I do to protect my liver?
It’s very simple, just do the opposite of what I said earlier:
- Drink less: Drinking less is good for the liver. Everyone on earth should know that if you can not drink, don’t drink. Balance: regular work and rest, adequate sleep, balanced diet, sufficient but not excessive nutrition, adhere to exercise and control weight; Simply put: give up the idea of [eating some what to nourish the liver] and do not add extra burden to the liver; Be careful with your medication: don’t take your medicine casually, take it under the guidance of your doctor.
Let’s add the problem of [staying up late hurts liver].
Although there is no definite evidence that staying up late will directly damage the liver, there are studies that point out that insufficient sleep will have some effects on the transaminase value of the liver, especially when there is chronic basic liver disease. Therefore, it is also true that everyone wants to [protect the liver] by not staying up late and sleeping well.
Finally, I would like to remind you that don’t forget to vaccinate your baby with hepatitis B vaccine. Adults at high risk of hepatitis B should also follow the doctor’s advice to vaccinate or replant hepatitis B vaccine and do regular physical examination.
Do a good job in prevention and do not cause trouble to the liver. This is the most economical and effective [liver protection]!
This article has been reviewed by Wei Wei, chief physician of Clove Clinic.
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