World Liver Day 2022 – Keep Your Liver Healthy | MediGence

Overview

As we all know, the Liver is the second largest and most complex organ in our body. Our liver is necessary for digestion and the elimination of toxins from our bodies. It performs hundreds of other functions including fighting infections and illness, regulating blood sugar, removing toxic substances from the body, controlling cholesterol levels, helping blood clots, and releasing bile. You may begin to affect your liver as a result of incorrect lifestyle changes or risk factors. Liver disease is the result of these impairments to the liver, which can progress over time. It has the potential to harm the liver, causing scarring (cirrhosis), which can lead to liver failure, which is a life-threatening condition. However, early treatment may allow the liver to recover.

According to Several Statistics Collectively

• More than 50 million people worldwide are affected by liver disorders, especially when taking the adult population into account.

• The prevalence of the liver disease has been progressively rising over time.

• Liver diseases are the 12th most common cause of death in the world, according to the World Gastroenterology Organization.

Therefore, pay attention to what your Liver is saying! This World Liver Day, educate yourself about the different types of liver disorders and how to keep your liver healthy.

Types of Liver Conditions

Some of the Common Types of Liver Conditions are

Hepatitis infections – An infection might cause your liver to become inflamed, which can be a problem. The most prevalent cause is viral hepatitis, which includes:

• Hepatitis A: Hepatitis A is a virus that infects the liver. The hepatitis A virus causes very contagious liver infection. The majority of people get it via eating or drinking feces-contaminated food or drink. There’s a chance you’re not experiencing any symptoms at all. After 6 months, it usually goes away on its own with no long-term repercussions.

• Hepatitis B: You get it from another person, for example, through unprotected sexual activity or drug use with shared needles. If it lasts more than 6 months, it raises your chance of liver cancer and other disorders.

• Hepatitis C: Contaminated blood enters your body and causes it. It’s possible to get it if you use shared needles for drugs or if you have HIV. It’s likely that if you work in health care, you’ll get it from an infected needle that you inadvertently jab yourself with. Symptoms may take several years to show. For unexplained reasons, hepatitis C is a problem for baby boomers, and they should be examined for it.

Fatty Liver: Fatty liver disease (steatosis) is a common condition caused by an accumulation of fat in the liver. A healthy liver has a small amount of fat. When fat accounts for 5% to 10% of the weight of your liver, it becomes a problem. Fat accumulates in the liver as a result of excessive calorie consumption. When the liver fails to process and break down fats properly, excess fat builds. Fatty liver is more common in people who have concomitant conditions including obesity, diabetes, or high triglycerides.

Liver Cirrhosis: Cirrhosis is a late stage of liver scarring (fibrosis) induced by a variety of diseases and disorders, including hepatitis and chronic alcoholism. When your liver is wounded, whether, from disease, too much alcohol, or something else, it tries to heal itself. Cirrhosis is linked to various complications such as ascites (abdominal fluid build-up), hepatic encephalopathy, the risk of variceal hemorrhage, and other infections. Cirrhosis causes scar tissue to grow, which makes it harder for the liver to function (decompensated cirrhosis). Cirrhosis in its advanced stages can be fatal. Cirrhosis causes liver damage that cannot be reversed. Further damage can be reduced and, in rare cases, reversed if liver cirrhosis is discovered early and the cause is addressed. The global prevalence of cirrhosis from autopsy studies ranges from 4.5% to 9.5% of the general population. The prevalence of cirrhosis is likely to be underestimated as almost a third of the patients remain asymptomatic.

Cancers & Tumors:

• Women are more likely than men to develop liver cancer, and African-Americans are more likely than whites to develop it. Hepatocellular carcinoma is what your doctor could label it. If you have hepatitis or drink excessively, it’s more likely to develop.

• Bile duct cancer affects the tubes that transport bile, a digestive fluid, from your liver to your small intestine. This type of cancer primarily affects persons over the age of 50, however, it is quite uncommon.

• A tumor that isn’t cancerous is called a liver cell adenoma. It’s rare, but women who take birth control pills for a long time are more likely to develop it than other people. There’s a potential that the tumor will become cancerous in the future.

Wilson Disease: Wilson’s disease is a hereditary ailment characterized by excessive copper accumulation in the body. Typically, the brain and liver are implicated in the symptoms. You won’t get sick if you only have one faulty gene, but you’ll be a carrier and can pass the gene on to your children. Vomiting, weakness, abdominal fluid build-up, leg edema, yellowish skin, and itching are all symptoms of an enlarged liver. Worldwide, one out of every 30,000 persons is considered to be affected with WD, with a higher frequency in Asia, such as India.

Hyperoxaluria: It occurs when your urine contains too much oxalate, a chemical. A hereditary defect causes your liver to produce too little oxalate in this condition. Renal stones and kidney failure can result as a result of this. If your kidneys fail, you may develop oxalosis, a condition in which oxalate builds up in other organs and causes extra problems.

Hemochromatosis: Hemochromatosis is an iron overload disorder in which the body stores too much iron. If left untreated, hemochromatosis can cause iron overload, a buildup of iron in your body that can impair your liver, heart, pancreas, endocrine glands, and joints. Hereditary hemochromatosis is caused by a mutation in a gene that affects the amount of iron your body absorbs from your diet. These mutations are handed down via the generations.

How to Keep Your Liver Healthy? | Do’s and Don’ts

It is impossible to live without a liver. It is an organ that is easily harmed if it is not properly cared for. If at all feasible, the greatest strategy to combat liver disease is to avoid it. Here are some tried-and-true methods for liver wellness

How Can MediGence Help You in Consulting a Doctor?

Conversations about the disease can help to dispel the stigma around it and inspire more people to seek help and treatment. When individuals are suffering from it, it’s logical that they start looking for an easy and accessible means to receive quality treatment, especially in poor areas or countries/regions with a significant lack of healthcare accessibility.

We are a health-tech organization dedicated to improving and enhancing healthcare accessibility around the world. We value & understand the need for specialized care, especially when you are suffering from a critical illness. You need a specialist who excels in a particular field. MediGence helps you to connect virtually with cross-borders highly skilled, experienced & certified Hepatologists, who can look after your condition, symptoms, diagnosis, and line of treatment in a very well manner. They can connect with you to propose the first line of treatment via First Opinion’s telemedicine service by MediGence, and revalidate your current line of treatment via our second opinion service. Further then, you can make the right healthcare decision with MediGence and avail of treatment abroad.

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This WORLD LIVER DAY, pledge to make the right healthcare decision for your LIVER!