March 18th, 2024 is the 24th "National Love for Liver Day", and this year's publicity theme is "early prevention and early screening, and stay away from liver cirrhosis".
According to the statistics of the World Health Organization (WHO), there are more than one million deaths due to liver diseases worldwide every year. About one in every 10 of our relatives and friends is infected with chronic hepatitis B or C virus, and fatty liver tends to be younger.
The National Day of Love for the Liver was set up in order to gather all kinds of social forces, mobilize the masses, widely publicize the popular science knowledge of preventing hepatitis and liver diseases, and protect people's health under the situation that the incidence of liver diseases such as hepatitis B, hepatitis C and alcoholic hepatitis is increasing year by year in China.
Let's act together, popularize the knowledge of prevention and treatment of liver fibrosis, actively carry out active screening, standardize treatment, and follow up regularly to reduce the occurrence of liver cirrhosis.
01 Know the liver.
Location of liver: The liver is the liver. It is located in the upper right of the abdomen and bears the important function of maintaining life. It is also the largest internal organ in the human body.
The main functions of the liver are: secreting bile, storing glycogen, and regulating the metabolism of protein, fat and carbohydrate. It also has detoxification, hematopoiesis and coagulation effects.
02 Common liver diseases.
1 alcoholic hepatitis
Drinking hurts the liver, and the liver injury caused by drinking is called alcoholic liver disease, which can also lead to the increase of transaminase, and long-term drinking can also cause cirrhosis.
2 Fatty liver
Generally speaking, we refer to nonalcoholic fatty liver, which is too fat. Liver tissue lesions caused by fat accumulation in the liver are generally accompanied by insulin resistance, and patients are overweight with three highs. In recent years, with the improvement of living conditions, the number of fatty liver is increasing day by day. Many people have found that transaminase is rising in physical examination, and they often don't pay attention to it. Most non-specialists will think that fatty liver is nothing. In fact, fatty liver is very harmful and can also lead to cirrhosis.
3 Drug-induced hepatitis
I believe that there are many superstitious health care products that have the so-called "conditioning" effect in life, and I am keen on aphrodisiac, diet pills, beauty drugs, Chinese herbal medicines, etc. As everyone knows, "drugs are toxic in three ways", and the result of "conditioning" is that drugs and their metabolites in the body have side effects on the human body and hurt the liver.
Therefore, you must not take medicine at random without knowing the pharmacology and medicinal properties, and you must follow the doctor's advice.
03 the act of injuring the liver.
1 Excessive drinking
The liver is the only organ that can metabolize alcohol. Drinking alcohol for a long time can easily cause alcoholic fatty liver. If we don't drink alcohol in moderation, the liver will be damaged by the immune system, leading to a large number of liver cells dying and causing chronic hepatitis. If it continues to develop seriously, it will cause cirrhosis and even liver cancer.
2 Stay up late for a long time
After 23 o'clock in the evening, it is time for the liver to detoxify and repair itself. At this time, I haven't fallen asleep, which will affect the normal detoxification and repair of the liver at night. Staying up late and overworking for a long time can easily lead to decreased resistance and liver damage.
3 Take medicine for a long time
Most drugs need to be metabolized by the liver, and taking drugs indiscriminately will increase the burden on the liver and easily lead to drug-induced liver damage.
In addition, overeating, smoking, eating greasy negative emotions (anger, depression, etc.), and not urinating in time in the morning will also damage the health of the liver.
04 Symptoms of bad liver.
The whole body is getting more and more tired; Loss of appetite and nausea; Persistent slight fever, or aversion to cold; Attention is not easy to concentrate; Sudden decrease in alcohol consumption; Have a dull face and lose luster; The skin is yellow or itchy; Urine turns into beer color; Liver palm, spider nevus; Dizziness; Yellowing all over the body, especially the sclera.
05 How to love and protect the liver.
1. Healthy diet: A balanced diet should be coarse and fine.
2. Regular exercise and rest.
3. Do not take medicine indiscriminately: The use of drugs must be carried out under the guidance of a doctor. Do not take drugs indiscriminately and use health care products with caution.
4. Vaccination to prevent liver disease: Vaccination is the most effective way to prevent viral hepatitis.
5. Regular physical examination: It is recommended for healthy adults to have a physical examination once a year (liver function, hepatitis B, blood lipid, liver B-ultrasound, etc.). People with chronic liver disease are advised to have an examination every six months-liver ultrasound examination and serum alpha-fetoprotein screening for liver cancer.
Hepatitis solution
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It can evaluate the viral replication level of HBV-infected people and is an important index for the selection of antiviral treatment indications and the judgment of curative effect. In the process of antiviral treatment, obtaining a sustained virological response can significantly control the progress of liver cirrhosis and reduce the risk of HCC.
Part.2 HBV genotyping
Different genotypes of HBV are different in epidemiology, virus variation, disease manifestations and treatment response, which affects the seroconversion rate of HBeAg, the severity of liver lesions, the incidence of liver cancer, etc., and also affects the clinical prognosis of HBV infection and the therapeutic effect of antiviral drugs.
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Detection of HBV RNA in serum can better monitor the level of cccDNA in hepatocytes, which is of great significance to the auxiliary diagnosis of HBV infection, the efficacy detection of NAs treatment for CHB patients and the prediction of drug withdrawal.
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HCV RNA detection is the most reliable indicator of infectivity and replication virus, and it is also an important indicator of hepatitis C infection status and treatment effect.
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Post time: Mar-18-2024