Whether the liver is good or not, the head 'knows first', the doctor reminds: there are 4 manifestations in the head, accounting for one, don't be careless

The liver is the largest metabolic detoxification organ in the human body and the largest digestive gland in the digestive system. In addition to metabolic detoxification, it can also secrete protein and bile, participate in the digestion and absorption of the gastrointestinal tract, store blood, regulate blood, and maintain the balance of internal organs and organs.

Although the role of the liver is so great, it has a fatal disadvantage, that is, the distribution of pain nerves. Relevant experts found that the distribution of pain nerves in the liver is insufficient, with a total volume of 3% to 5%, which also causes the liver to not appear too obvious even after lesions, so it is often ignored. More than 75.6% of liver cancer patients were found without their knowledge of advanced liver disease.

Common clinical liver diseases include: hepatitis A, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, fatty liver, alcoholic hepatitis, liver cirrhosis, liver cancer, liver failure, etc. The outbreak of liver diseases has also made China a real country with liver diseases. , liver disease has sent a lot of signals to the body, if your head also has the following four manifestations, please be vigilant.

01 The doctor reminds: There are four manifestations in the head, or the liver has gradually hardened, so don't ignore it.

1. The lips are purple and black.

Under normal circumstances, human lips are rosy and shiny. Red lips represent good health and smooth blood flow. When the liver is abnormal, it will lead to the accumulation of qi and blood in the whole body, making the lips black and purple, increasing the residual melanin, and serious bad breath.

2. Yellowing of the sclera.

The sclera is what we call the white eye. When the liver continues to deteriorate, the disease will reduce the liver function to a certain extent. The liver has the effect of reducing the concentration of bilirubin. When the liver is diseased, the bilirubin in the body will rise rapidly. Through the flow of blood to various parts of the body, the body appears obvious jaundice.

When bilirubin in the body flows into the eye with the blood, the sclera turns yellow. If you find that your eyes are white and yellow, you must first go to the hospital for a liver function test to eliminate the problem of liver disease.

3. The face of liver disease.

Almost all patients with liver disease will have obvious liver disease face when they develop to the middle and late stages, mainly as follows: dull complexion, yellow complexion, poor skin elasticity, large pores, and copper color.

Without timely treatment and sustainable development, it will further damage liver function, damage endocrine function, deposit melanin in the body, reduce liver metabolism and detoxification function, and make the face haggard and dull.

4. Nasal cavity. Bleeding gums.

In addition to its metabolic detoxification functions, the liver stores blood to regulate blood. The liver has a great influence on human hematopoietic cells. When the liver is diseased, the body's hematopoietic function is also affected.

You should know that almost all clotting factors are synthesized in the liver. Once liver function is impaired, the amount of clotting factors decreases, thereby reducing the liver's ability to produce blood and clotting.

Patients with severe liver disease experience irregular bleeding from the nose and gums. If your nasal and lip mucous membranes have been bleeding a lot lately, nine out of ten it's a liver problem.

02 In addition to the head, which parts of the body will be abnormal after liver disease?

(1) Gastrointestinal symptoms.

The liver has the function of secreting bile and protein. After liver disease, gastrointestinal metabolism and peristalsis function will also be affected, resulting in severe gastrointestinal symptoms such as loss of appetite, indigestion, and weight loss.

(2) Pain in the liver area.

The liver is mainly located in the right abdomen of the human body. Following liver injury or hepatosplenomegaly, the liver capsule can be affected, resulting in severe pain in the right abdomen. Pain is usually a pounding, aching, or pressure-moving pain. The pain gradually increases as the liver disease worsens.

(3) Skin changes .

There are obvious spider naevi and liver palms on the skin surface of patients with liver disease, which are generally seen in patients with long-term chronic liver damage or liver cirrhosis. Chronic liver damage is not treated. As the disease progresses, the estrogen inactivation function of the liver decreases, manifesting as gray, spider naevi and liver palms.

Spider moles often occur on the chest, back, upper extremities, face, and hands of the human body when the center of the spider mole is pressed, and it radiates outward like a spider. As the pressure wears off, the red spider spots reappear.

The palm of the liver is mainly manifested in the palm-sized thenar, with erythema and plaques with dilated blood vessels, and the local skin is pale after pressing.

(4) Bleeding

In patients with severe liver damage and liver disease, the coagulation function will also be affected, and the skin and mucous membranes will appear like jade snow. Chronic liver disease will enter the decompensated stage of cirrhosis. Due to portal hypertension, esophagus-gastric varices will also be caused. Rough, hard foods can also cause bleeding from ruptured veins, black stools, and vomiting blood.

(5) Hepatic encephalopathy.

Hepatic encephalopathy is more common in acute and chronic liver failure, often manifested as abnormal behavior and personality, confusion, memory loss, decreased computing ability, shock coma and other clinical manifestations.

03 What tests should be done after liver disease?

-B ultrasound examination.

Whether it is a confirmed liver disease patient or a person who feels that they have liver disease, B-ultrasound is required to determine whether the liver is healthy.

B-ultrasound is a high-accuracy examination method for diagnosing common liver diseases such as hepatitis B, liver cirrhosis, and hepatic ascites mainly through imaging examinations.

B ultrasound examination is painless, non-invasive, safe and reliable. It can be checked over and over again. It can judge whether the liver has lesions and the degree of lesions through reflection, scattering and winding back to human tissue, which can help the diagnosis and treatment of liver diseases.

- Liver function test.

Liver function testing is required for patients with liver disease. The main items of liver function testing include: total protein, globulin, and albumin, which can accurately reflect the synthesis function of the liver. Red pigment to determine whether the metabolic function of liver cells is normal.

- Viral DNA detection.

If a confirmed hepatitis patient needs further viral DNA detection, this detection method is mainly used to judge the virus replication, virus quantity and infectivity in the patient, especially in judging the effect of hepatitis B negative conversion and medication before and after.