The liver is the heaviest internal organ in our body and large, is of great importance due to their metabolic activity. The liver weighs about four pounds, is of pyramidal shape, its color is dark red and is located below the right lung.
Functions of the Liver
Liver function includes the secretion of bile which is necessary for the absorption of fats and digestive activity, synthesized proteins and stores vitamins, sugar and fat. Your most important task is that of cleansing by eliminating toxins that can be harmful to the body and transforms them into harmless ones in the blood.
Liver health is vital for our body to function at full capacity. The liver can be damaged work. The key to the smooth functioning and liver health is a diet that includes antioxidants such as vegetables and fruits, and foods containing high levels of sulfur, such as onions and cabbage.
The liver is in charge of the ingested alcohol is not harmful to our body. If alcohol consumption is constant, the liver is considerable damage which can lead to cirrhosis.
Liver
Among the major diseases of the liver can indicate:
* The cirrhosis is caused by excessive alcohol consumption.
* Autoimmune hepatitis: this is caused by antibodies that cause the autoimmune system to attack the liver.
* Liver abscess: is an accumulation of pus caused by an intestinal parasite.
* Hemochromatosis: when there is excessive accumulation of iron in the body.
* Hepatitis D: worsens the condition of those suffering from hepatitis B and
* Hepatitis A is spread by contaminated food and water and contact with patients carrying is the easiest to treat because it does not remain in the body after the virus is resolved.
* Hepatitis B: This virus most often falls apart in six months, but ten percent of people who get it develop a chronic, lifelong infection. Their carriers can spread the disease through blood, infected needles, unprotected sex, tattooing with contaminated needles or from mother to child during childbirth.
* Hepatitis C: are patients who carry the virus, and if they may have received blood transfusions, if they were receiving an organ from an infected donor, if you share needles with a carrier, if it has received kidney dialysis long time or if because of their work are in constant contact with blood or blood products.