Liver Disorders

Liver disorders and diseases appear to be on the increase.

Part of the increase in liver diseases is due to our frequent contact with chemicals and other environmental pollutants. In addition to this, the amount of medicine consumed has increased greatly resulting in dangers to the liver.

While those who smoke, abuse alcohol and drugs and live in severely polluted environments are at greatest risk, we all suffer some threat of damage or disease to the liver.

The liver is the detoxifying factory in the body and it has now become an increasingly overworked organ. Besides excessive intake of alcohol, the bulk of cirrhosis cases are caused by fatty liver and Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C infections.

Owing to its many roles, the liver impacts normal human growth and development, fertility, cardiovascular maintenance, and bone integrity. The maintenance of a healthy liver, therefore is vital to overall health and well being.

Ayurveda gives emphasis to the health of liver as it is the major organ controlling physical and mental aspects of Pitha humor.

Liver Disorder Symptoms

• Yellow discoloration of the skin and eye
• Dark urine
• Grey, yellow, or light-colored stools
• Nausea, vomiting and/or loss of appetite
• Vomiting of blood
• Prolonged generalized itching
• Unusual change of weight
• Abdominal pain
• Sleep disturbances
• Mental confusion

Liver dysfunction is observed in the following Clinical Conditions Hepatitis

The most common disease that can affect the liver is ‘viral hepatitis’ (inflammation of liver caused by viral infection). Hepatitis can be caused by drugs, viruses, bacteria, mushrooms and parasite like amoebas. The most common hepatitis viruses affecting the liver are named for letters of the alphabet: hepatitis A, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, hepatitis D and hepatitis E.

But with Hepatitis B virus and Hepatitis C virus, many people will go into a chronic phase that leads to cirrhosis.

Cirrhosis of the liver

Cirrhosis of the liver is a chronic, diffuse degenerative liver disease in which the parenchyma or functional organ tissue degenerates. There is a loss of liver cell function, and an increased resistance to blood flow through the damaged liver tissue which results in a condition known as portal hypertension.

Severe cirrhosis leads to ammonia toxicity, hepatic coma, gastrointestinal hemorrhage, and kidney failure. As liver cells are destroyed, they are systematically replaced by scar tissue.

The most common cause of cirrhosis is believed to be alcohol abuse. Though it affects many organs, alcohol is especially harmful to the liver, and is a factor in about three-fourths of the cases of liver cirrhosis.

Alcohol must be metabolized, and the liver performs most of that job, suffering serious damage in the process. Not only does alcohol destroy liver cells, it also robs them of their ability to regenerate. Such cofactors as hepatitis C virus can increase the risk of cirrhosis.

OUR APPROACH

By Customised Ayurvedic medicines and Personalise treatment plan it is possible to stop different processes which leads to cirrhosis and cancer of the liver.

Even though it is not possible to make all Hepatitis A , Hepatitis C patients negative , still we are able to protect them from cirrhosis of the liver, in which the liver stops functioning, and liver cancer.