New Liver Protection Study, Preventing Liver Inflammation

We all want to drink clean water, and so we’ll head out and buy special filters to help provide that for us. We fill up the jug and the water slowly trickles through the filter making it as clean and pure as it can. But after a while the filter may get clogged and diminish in efficiency, and so we head out and buy new filters and the cycle continues.

You may be asking why we’re discussing water filters, but when you think of a water filter it should remind you of a very important organ in your body. We’re talking about your liver.

Your liver and a water filter have much in common. The difference, though, is when your liver becomes damaged, weighed down and inflamed, you can’t just toss it out and get a new one. It’s the only organ in the body that can regenerate itself, so it has to work through all the damage and heal itself – no easy task if your lifestyle doesn’t support a healthy liver. With this in mind, liver protection is essential.

You see, everything we put in our body at some point passes through our liver. Our liver is truly a powerhouse. Although it’s main role is to keep us healthy, when it gets sick it can lead to a host of serious diseases like hepatitis, cirrhosis, fatty liver disease and liver failure – just to name a few.

First, what can we do ourselves as means for liver protection? How can we go about preventing liver inflammation? Let’s start with understanding what liver inflammation is and how it impacts our health.

What is liver inflammation?

Liver inflammation is when the liver becomes damaged or the cells become attacked by either a virus or lifestyle habits. Hepatitis refers to liver inflammation, and alcohol, fatty foods and toxins can also result in liver inflammation.

There are a few types of hepatitis – A, B, C, D and E – and depending on which one you have, that determines severity and treatment options. Hepatitis A and B are most common and vaccines are readily available to prevent their onset.

Common causes of liver inflammation

As mentioned, liver inflammation is a form of hepatitis and so that can develop in numerous ways:

• Viral infections
• Alcoholic hepatitis
• Drug or chemical intoxication
• Bacteria infections which can disrupt the function of the liver.

A liver inflammation which occurs six months or less is considered acute. When it lasts longer than that, it becomes a chronic inflammation.

Read more at http://www.belmarrahealth.com/liver-inflammation-causes-and-prevention/