In the field of traditional Chinese medicine health care, there is such a saying: liver nourishment is to continue life!
In the modern medical community, liver health does have important implications for the human body. Because the liver is different from other internal organs, its function involves a wide range, it is not only the most important detoxification and metabolic organs of the human body, but also undertakes a number of biological transformation work, only the liver function is normal, the digestive system, coagulation system, endocrine system can operate.
Not only that, but because the liver is more compensatory, there is no nerve distribution inside it. Therefore, when liver disease occurs in the early stage, patients basically do not have any symptoms, until the patient's condition reaches a serious level, and even after the development of cirrhosis and cancer in the middle and late stages, it may not be diagnosed, but at this time, the best time for treatment of the disease has long been missed.
Therefore, in clinical opinion, learning to maintain the liver is far more important than the treatment after liver disease. Although we cannot change our genes and aging, we can protect liver health through daily life. For example, the following four behaviors are quietly damaging your liver, and it may be too late to stay away now:
1. Alcoholism
Among all chronic liver diseases, there is a class of diseases caused by long-term alcoholism, which includes fatty liver, hepatitis, cirrhosis and cancer, and the liver disease caused by alcohol is clinically collectively referred to as "alcoholic liver disease".
As far as the current research is concerned, both alcohol itself and acetaldehyde produced during its metabolism are directly toxic to liver cells, and they inhibit other biotransformation functions of the liver, resulting in damage and death of liver cells. Therefore, if you want liver health, the first thing everyone has to do is to quit alcohol;
2. Unhealthy eating habits
The liver is also part of the digestive system, which is responsible for the secretion of bile, the storage and conversion of some nutrients. Because of this, unhealthy eating habits will directly cause damage to the liver, such as long-term overeating, too greasy diet, irregular meals, malnutrition caused by excessive dieting or vegetarian diet, etc., which will increase the chance of the liver developing into fatty liver in the future.
Therefore, the basis of liver health is a scientific diet, everyone should have a good three-meal eating pattern, to ensure that the daily intake of nutrients is sufficient and comprehensive, and each meal is maintained in a state of 6-7 minutes full;
3. Sexual life disorders
In recent years, the mainland has been particularly open to sexual concepts, but under the influence of traditional ideological constraints, the popularization of knowledge about sex on the mainland has been seriously insufficient.
Because of this, the incidence of sexually transmitted diseases in the mainland has also entered a period of high incidence, including hepatitis B and hepatitis C. If you are not immunized, and your sexual life is too disordered, and you have multiple sexual partners, you will increase the chance of future toxic hepatitis;
4. Stay up late for a long time
Staying up late can affect the functioning of multiple systems throughout the body, including endocrine and immune systems. Staying up late for a long time will lead to poorer and worse autoimmune function, and the body is not enough to resist the invasion of various pathogens.
Disorders of the endocrine system increase the burden of liver metabolism and inactivated hormones, and the liver does not get enough rest, eventually causing damage to liver cells. Therefore, it is also necessary to maintain a regular sleep habit and maintain 6-8 hours of sleep a day.
The emergence of chronic liver disease, in addition to being related to genetic genes, is the factor behind it is a variety of acquired bad behaviors and habits.
Therefore, if you want to stay away from all kinds of chronic diseases and injuries, all you can do is stay away from all kinds of bad habits. If these bad habits exist, it is also necessary to seek regular medical attention for liver health checks, so as not to have liver disease without knowing it.