Types of Liver Diseases That Need to Be Wary

 

Liver disease is a disease that cannot be underestimated. Because, the liver has an important role in digesting food and protecting the body from toxic substances.

There are various types of liver disease or also known as liver disease. Some of these must be watched out because they can cause serious health problems.

Types of Liver Diseases That Need to Be Wary

Recognize Various Types of Liver Diseases

Here are some types of liver disease to watch out for:

  • Hepatitis

Hepatitis is a disease that causes occurrence of liver inflammation. This disease is generally caused by a viral infection, but can also be caused by consumption of certain drugs, alcoholic beverages, or because of autoimmune diseases.

Symptoms of hepatitis depend on the cause and types of hepatitis suffered. However, generally symptoms of hepatitis include loss of appetite, diarrhea, vomiting and nausea, yellowing of the skin and eyes, and dark urine. This disease can affect the entire metabolic system of the body, so it is important to immediately see a doctor if you experience symptoms of hepatitis.

The doctor will do a thorough health check and advise you to do blood tests, liver function tests, liver biopsy, or abdominal ultrasound, to find out what type of hepatitis is suffered. Handling of hepatitis given depends on the type of hepatitis suffered.

  • Cirrhosis

Cirrhosis is a liver disease caused by the formation of scar tissue in the liver, due to long-term liver damage. At the beginning of the disease, you may not feel any symptoms. Usually symptoms of cirrhosis occur after liver damage is getting worse. Symptoms include fatigue or weakness, nausea, loss of appetite, to loss of sexual drive.

If this condition is not treated immediately, cirrhosis can worsen. Symptoms that appear also increasingly severe, including vomiting blood, itchy skin, dark stools, body bruising easily, swelling in the legs and abdomen (edema), to experience jaundice.

To prevent cirrhosis, it is important to apply a healthy lifestyle, such as eating healthy foods, stop consuming alcohol, avoid eating fatty foods, maintain good weight, and avoid risky sexual relations.

  • Heart abscess

The appearance of small holes containing pus is a sign of liver abscess. The cause can be due to bacterial infection, it could also be due to parasitic infection.

In developed countries, liver abscesses caused by bacterial infections are liver abscesses or hepatic abscesses that are most commonly encountered. This is known as a pyogenic liver abscess.

This type of liver abscess other than causing inflammation or swelling of the liver, can also cause pain and swelling in the stomach. Symptoms include upper right abdominal pain, coldness, vomiting, fever, sudden weight loss, dark urine, diarrhea, and grayish stools.

In addition to pyogenic liver abscess, there is also an amoebic liver abscess. This abscess is caused by a parasitic infection. Symptoms of this disease include lower right chest pain, upper right abdominal pain, and dark urine and gray stools. Other symptoms that can also appear are fever, chills, night sweats, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, excessive tiredness, yellowing of the skin, and sudden weight loss.

Liver disease can indeed endanger health. To prevent this, stop taking alcoholic beverages, do safe sexual intercourse, avoid using needles in a haphazard manner, take medicine wisely, and keep your ideal body weight. If you or a relative suffer from liver disease, consult a doctor of internal medicine and take medication regularly.

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