Liver Diseases

SYMPTOMS

Liver disease doesn’t always cause symptoms that can be seen or felt. If there are symptoms of liver disease, they may include:

• Yellowing of the skin and the whites of the eyes, called jaundice. Yellowing of the skin might be harder to see on Black or brown skin.
• Belly pain and swelling.
• Swelling in the legs and ankles.
• Itchy skin.
• Dark urine.
• Pale stool.
• Constant tiredness.
• Nausea or vomiting.
• Loss of appetite.
• Bruising easily

Liver disease can be passed through families, called inherited. Anything that damages the liver also can cause liver problems, including viruses, alcohol use and obesity. Over time, conditions that damage the liver can lead to scarring, called cirrhosis. Cirrhosis can lead to liver failure, a life-threatening condition. But early treatment may give the liver time to heal.

What are the causes of liver disease?

There are over 100 types of liver disease, but they fall into a handful of subtypes. Causes include:

Viral infections. Viral hepatitis infections that become chronic can cause chronic hepatitis, including hepatitis B and hepatitis C.
Alcohol-induced hepatitis. Heavy alcohol use can cause acute or chronic hepatitis. If it goes on long enough, it can cause cirrhosis and liver failure.
Toxic hepatitis. Chronic overexposure to toxins, such as industrial chemicals or drugs, can cause acute or chronic hepatitis.
Non-alcohol related fatty liver disease. Metabolic conditions associated with obesity, high blood sugar and high blood lipids can cause excess fat storage in your liver, which can cause inflammation (non-alcohol related steatohepatitis).
Biliary stasis. Congenital (present at birth) conditions that obstruct or stall the flow of bile through your bile ducts can cause bile to build up and injure your liver, including biliary atresia and cystic fibrosis. Non-congenital causes include biliary stricture and gallstones.
Autoimmune diseases. Autoimmune conditions can cause chronic inflammation and scarring in your liver or your bile ducts, including autoimmune hepatitis, primary biliary cholangitis and primary sclerosing cholangitis.
Inherited metabolic disorders. Disorders that cause toxic products to build up in your blood — such as glycogen storage disease (GSD), Wilson disease, hemochromatosis and Gaucher disease — can cause chronic liver damage.
Cardiovascular diseases. Conditions that affect blood flow to and from your liver — including Budd-Chiari syndrome, ischemia, arterial diseases and right-sided heart failure — can cause chronic liver damage.

What are the risk factors for acquiring liver disease?

You may be more likely to get liver disease if you:
• Drink alcohol heavily.
• Use intravenous drugs.
• Use pain relievers like aspirin or acetaminophen
• Have metabolic syndrome.
• Are regularly exposed to toxic chemicals.
• Are regularly exposed to other people’s blood or body fluids.

A NOTE FROM HARDEEP HOMEOPATHIC HOSPITAL

Your liver plays such a large role In your overall health that when it’s sick, it affects you in all kinds of ways . And most of the times when you come to know about something unusual it has already advanced in its sickness. To protect your liver, you need to be aware of the things and lifestyle factors that derange it.

HARDEEP HOMOEOPATHIC HOSPITAL is the place where all kinds of patients with liver diseases come and homoeopathic medications are given along with dietary guidelines to keep your liver healthy.