Cirrhosis of Liver

The proper functioning of our body lies in the hands of liver. It is the largest organ in the body. It is located on the right side of the abdomen under the diaphragm. It produces bile, cholesterol, blood albumin that is vital to the removal of tissue wastes, prothrombin that is essential for the clotting of the blood and various other enzymes. The liver inactivates many hormones that are not required by the body. It helps in building tissues and breaks proteins into sugar and fat for energy requirements. It removes and neutralizes poison from the blood. Any damage in this organ interferes with the functioning of all the body organs, as it is the most needed organ of the body. Cirrhosis of liver refers to all forms of liver disease. It is one of the serious hepatic diseases. In this disease the liver contracts in size and becomes hard and leathery. This contraction in size is due to the loss of cells that exceeds cell replacement. The continuous damage of liver affects its structure and functions that lead to hepatic failure and ultimately death. It is the 12th leading cause of death that's kills around 26,000 people every year.

Symptoms

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In the early stages of liver damage people show no symptoms but as the damage increases following symptoms can be seen in the person suffering from the cirrhosis of liver:

1. Frequent attacks of gas and indigestion

2. Nausea and vomiting

3. Abdominal pain

4. Loss of weight

5. Exhaustion

6. Loss of appetite

7. Low grade fewer

8. Foul breath

9. Bleeding of stomach

10. Intense itching

11. Reddish hair like markings appears on the face, neck, arms and trunk

12. Bloated and swollen abdomen

13. Fatigue

14. Jaundice

Causes

The various causes responsible for the cirrhosis of liver are:

· Excessive use of alcohol

· Excessive intake of highly seasoned food

· Intake of quinine for longer time

· High doze or overdose of paracetamol

· Chronic viral hepatitis- B and C hepatitis infect and damage the liver

· Bile duct blockage

· Autoimmune hepatitis

· Various inherited disease like cystic fibrosis, alpha -1 antitrypsin deficiency can also cause cirrhosis

· Poor nutrition

· Highly toxic condition of the system

Treatment

1. Warm water enema in the morning is the first step in the treatment of liver damage.

2. Excessive intake of boiled cool water is highly beneficial.

3. Decrease fat intake by 20-30 grams per day as in liver damage bile secretion and digestion is affected that hinders the fat absorption.

4. Alcoholic drinks even in small amounts should be avoided.

5. Wash 3-4 leaves of sacred fig. Mash them with sugar candy and mix it in 250 mg of water, drink twice a day after sieving the mixture.

6. Take one pinch of black pepper mixed in buttermilk for at least seven days.

7. Take one teaspoonful of glucose in one cup of water thrice a day in the morning, afternoon and night.

8. Keep a white-coloured glass bottle filled with water in the sun for 6-8 hours and drink it after cooling

9. Drink spearmint juice with added sugar for 10 days

10. Take juice of 2 oranges empty stomach for 5-7 days.

11. Take 50 grams of white radish leaves and stem, add sugar candy in it and drink it every morning with empty stomach.

12. Daily intake of a pinch of roasted alum with buttermilk twice or thrice daily is highly beneficial in treating liver damage.

13. Half-cup beetroot with squeezed half lemon is also effective.

14. Mix an equal amount of water in milk and some fennel or dry ginger about 1 gram and boil it in iron pan. This mixture can be drunk after adding sugar.

15. Fresh Indian gooseberry 25 mg taken with water thrice a day for 15-20 days cures all liver problems

16. Squeeze a lemon in 100 grams of water and add a pinch of salt, drink thrice a day for 21 days.

17. Take one and a half gram jaggery and harad ka chilka in equal amounts and make one tablet out of it. Take one tablet daily in the morning and evening with warm water for a month.

18. Half-cup juice of bathu with little salt is also helpful.

19. Cut a lemon into two pieces and remove the seeds of one half. Now cut this into four parts. In one part put black pepper, in one black salt, in one dry ginger and in one sugar candy. Cover at night with a plate and in the morning one hour before having food warm this lemon in a pan and suck it. Take this for at least 21 days.

20. Buttermilk taken with a little salt and powdered roasted cumin seeds is very beneficial for the liver.

Diet

Poor nutrition is one of the causes of liver damage. Therefore, a good and nutritious diet can go a long way in treating liver damage. The patient should undergo liver cleaning programme with a juice fast for about seven days. After fasting for seven days he or she should adopt proper diet. The patient should have three meals a day including fresh juicy fruits and milk. The patient should stick to a diet of three basic food groups that includes- seeds, nuts and grains, vegetables and fruits. An adequate high quality protein diet is very important in cirrhosis. The patient should avoid all refined, processed and canned foods, sugar in any form, spices and condiments, tea coffee and fried foods. The intake of salt should also be restricted. The patient should strictly avoid alcohol. High carbohydrate intake is recommended to provide the good amount of energy. Minerals such as calcium and iron should betaken in good amounts. Vitamin C is highly beneficial for tissue healing.

Liver cleaning procedures

· A diet of only grapes for one day or more is good enough in cleaning liver

· Fast for 2 days and take as many glasses of water as you are possible to take with half squeezed lemon in it.

· Drink only water and apple juice after every two hours.

Cirrhosis of Liver

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