THE LIVER

Hi everyone, how are you guys doing?
I hope you guys are doing great mehn...
Ok... so today, I just wanna say some few things about the liver... but before I start, I wanna ask you guy this questions...
What do you know about the liver?
Do you have liver?
How does it looks like?
Have you seen it before?
Do you know the functions of your liver?
Do you the liver diseases?
Do you know how to take care of your liver?
Ok... so if you didn’t know anything about your liver, it’s high time you know it now....
Below here are the things you should know about the liver....

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• INTRODUCTION:

The liver is the largest meaty internal organ in the body that sits at the right hand side of the belly. It weighs about 3 pounds, it is reddish-brown in color. It is made up of two lobes with variable shapes.
The product of digestion desolves in the blood through the hepatic vain to the liver, while the hepatic arteries carries blood from the heart to the liver.
The liver's main job is to filter the blood coming from the digestive tract, before passing it to the rest of the body. The liver also detoxifies chemicals and metabolizes drugs. The liver also helps in making protein important for blood cutting and other functions in the body.
So now after I’ve explained what the liver is, let see what are it’s functions in the body.

• FUNCTIONS OF THE LIVER:

However, the liver has so many functions in body. Below here are the functions:

• Carbohydrate Metabolism:

Excess glucose are being stored in the liver as glycogen. When the blood glucose level is low, the liver reconverts glycogen back to glucose through the action of the glucagon.

• Deamination:

This is the process of breaking down excess amino acids into ammonia and keto-acid when they are less harmful to the body. The excess amino acids are converted into urea which are excreted by the kidney or skin while that of keto-acid are converted to glycogen and fat for further use.

• Storage Of Vitamins:

Fat soluble vitamins like vitamin A, D, E and K. And water soluble vitamins like vitamin C are stored into the liver. As such, this vitamins are released into the blood stream when needed.

• Production Of Heat:

The activities of the liver generate heat which helps in maintaining the body temperature.

• Storage Of Iron:

The liver stores iron which is being obtained from the breakdown of red blood corpuscles.

So after I might have explained the functions of the liver, now let’s check-out the diseases of the liver...

• DISEASES OF THE LIVER

However, they are so many kinds of liver diseases and also the things that leads to the diseases. Below here are the liver diseases:

• Diabetes Mellitus:

This disease is caused as a result of the ability of the liver cells to convert excess glucose in the blood to glycogen.
This is the result the failure of the pancreas to produce a hormone called insulin.

• Effects:

1. It result in continuous dehydration.
2. It may cause muscular weakness.
3. It may lead to blurred vision.
4. It also lead to loss of weight.

• Treatment:

1. Drugs like diabinese should be used.
2. Carbohydrates rich in food must be avoided.

• Infective Hepatitis:

This is the inflammation of the lives which may be due to the viral infection or toxic substances like poison and drugs.
As a result of this, the liver is unable to store or reconvert already stored glycogen into glucose.

• Effects:

1. It leads to loss of appetite.
2. It causes severe headache.
3. It may lead to yellow coloring of the eyes and urine.

• Treatment:

1. Drugs may be admitted.
2. Patients should be placed on special diets.
3. After treatment, alcoholic drinks must be avoided.

• Gall Stone:

They are hard objects which are formed in the bile ducts and block the passage of the bile. This condition is caused as a result of the prescription of cholesterol in the gall bladder of bile duct.

• Effects:

1. It causes general weakness of the body.
2. It lead to yellowing of the skin and eyes
3. It results in the inability to digest fats and oil properly.

• Treatments:

1. Drugs must be effectively admitted.
2. Surgery operation can be done in order to remove the stone.

• HOW TO CARE FOR YOUR LIVER:

They are so many ways you care for your liver, but few are being mentioned below:

I. Eat balanced diets and avoid calorie-meals.

ii. Avoid toxins, it can injure the liver.

iii. Exercise regularly.

iv. Mind the way you do take alcoholic drinks, it causes health/liver problems.

v. Get vaccinated in order to prevent liver diseases.

• Summary:

I. The liver is the largest meat organ in the human body.
ii. The liver weighs about 3 pounds.
iii. The liver is reddish-brown in color.
iv. It has great functions like carbohydrate metabolism, deamination, storage of vitamins, production of heat and storage of irons.
vi. The liver diseases are Diabetes Mellitus, effective hepatitis and Gall stone. Etc.
vii. Cares for your liver are: exercise regularly, take vaccinations, avoid toxins, eat balanced diets, and not take excess alcoholic drinks. Etc.

• Conclusion:

In conclusion, I think that with this, you should be able to know more about your liver, how it’s looks like, how many pounds it weighs, it’s functions, the diseases/effects and how to take good care of it.
So please Always take care your liver, because it’s very important... try to avoid their diseases in order to avoid early grave...
I think no one would love to die early...
so to avoid it, avoid liver problems too...

Thanks for reading!!!

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