liver advisory week of 17 to 22 September 2007
The liver ( Greek : Hepar) is the central organ the entire metabolism and the largest gland of the body. The main tasks are the production of essential proteins (eg coagulation factors), utilization of food components (eg storage of glucose ), the bile production (fat digestion) and, consequently, the reduction and elimination of metabolites, drugs and toxins. nutrients that are out of the intestine into blood Date proceed via the portal vein to the liver and are then released from this as required to the blood or removed from the blood.
The liver is closely involved in the control of glucose , fat and protein metabolism involved . Glucose is absorbed through the blood vessels of the intestine and are precisely matched to the rest of the body passed. An excess is stored as glycogen . In hunger the memory material to glucose is broken down. The liver influence controlled by hormones (eg insulin and glucagon ) the blood sugar levels and can him, regardless of the food supply kept constant. Insulin causes the liver to convert the sugar into the storage form of glycogen and inhibits the breakdown of fat. The hormone glucagon in turn stimulates the liver to glycogen depletion and thus acts as an antagonist to insulin.
The liver can regenerate itself as the sole organ of the body to some extent. Dies from a part, is injured or otherwise damaged, this tissue can be newly be, provided the cause has been eliminated, less than fifty percent of the functional mass of the body are affected and the liver has yet retain their ability to regenerate. This special property of the liver is used in liver transplantation.
The blood test is currently in liver disease often provide valuable information on the nature and extent of the disease. enzymes as needed throughout the body in the liver to cope with the metabolic activity of the liver. If damage to the liver cells connect these enzymes in the blood serum (liquid portion of blood that is obtained, someone coming from a coagulated blood sample by centrifugation, the cellular components, thus separating the red and white blood cells, which together with the platelets and the clotting factors, the coagulated blood cake) to increase. Depending on which enzymes are elevated, one can often infer the nature of the disease. The amount of enzyme rise in serum corresponds to the extent of damage to liver cells. Cell damage may be caused by viral infections, among other things, alcohol poisoning or cancer. All enzymes in the liver cells are also present in other cells of the body. However, some enzymes are only in liver cell damage in the blood serum increased.
diseases of the liver by the physician must be identified and treated. The week is to give advice
additional information and make offers for preventive or treatment with complementary pharmacy-only medicines. In addition, in the liver counseling weekly tips made for liver-friendly lifestyle.
Who should be interested in advising week?
- people who eat too much and too rich
- Diabetics
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Older people - people who have to take many medications
- people undergoing chemotherapy
- People who drink alcohol frequently
- Human with functional gastrointestinal disorders
- people who work with toxic substances
Why hurt too much and too rich food the liver?
It can lead to fat accumulation in the liver to the "fat liver". It is not in itself dangerous, and disappears through diet consequences within a few weeks. The fatty liver, however, shows that the liver is not the transport of fat can handle. This results in the storage of fat in the liver and in time could result set further damage to the liver. From the fatty liver can then liver inflammation (hepatitis) and develop it into a reconstruction of the liver tissue to tissue (liver cirrhosis).
fat in food is an issue in itself because there are not only unhealthy fats, but also much needed, useful and healthy fats.
fat stimulates the gallbladder to empty. Who should decrease, which do not quite low in fat, for otherwise there could be an issue of the bile in the gall bladder, which promotes the formation of gallstones.
to support the liver in the digestion of fat too much help from drugs milk thistle, turmeric and artichoke xantorrhiza.
Why should worry about their diabetic liver?
Diabetes is a metabolic disorder associated with a disruption of protein-associated, lipid and sugar homeostasis. As a result, accumulate in poorly controlled blood sugar metabolism products so that they are poisonous. Of which are particularly affected the blood vessels, but also the liver as the central metabolic organ is loaded by it. The processing of the toxins, waste products or drugs can lead to the formation of oxidatively aggressive intermediates that interfere with liver metabolism.
diabetics are also often the people who take many drugs, are overweight or old.
Why should older people interested in the liver consultation?
the age is not the circulation of the body and thus the supply of the liver as good as they were young. To oxidative stress can no longer be responding so well. Also, there are often problems with digestion, can generate complaints and deficiencies. At reduced bile flow, calcium and vitamin D are not well received. In extreme cases, causes osteoporosis.
the age are also taken most drugs.
Why is the liver advice for people interesting
take many drugs?
Many drugs damage the liver optional. This means that the agent easily tolerated by most people, is unpredictable in individual cases are not. Particularly often happens when many drugs are taken.
What Chemotherapy to do with liver?
Unfortunately, there are frequent liver damage by chemotherapeutic agents. Part one can try to avoid milk thistle extract.
For whom alcohol is toxic?
A pint a day for a man is already a rule too much. Women known to tolerate less. Moreover, their brains will be damaged very quickly by alcohol.
Functional digestive disorders and liver?
digestive disorders without organic findings often have involvement of the liver and gallbladder function. Herbal medicines such as artichoke and turmeric, or others, such as in Iberogast ® help very often good.
work with poisons
collect in the liver, many poisons. There they are placed in a excretable form or partly saved. Milk thistle may protect against the effects of toxins.
Hedda Heuer
