Researchers make advances in understanding causes, treatments and outcomes of liver disease
( Digestive Disease Week ) Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), which may soon be the leading indication for liver transplant, is found to be significantly associated with worse transplant outcomes. In addition, a new tool for diagnosing NAFLD represents an alternative to liver biopsy, which is more expensive and prone to complications, and ultrasound and alfafeprotein blood test screening …

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People associate food allergies with several types of foods, particularly sea food, but not much is known about them. This condition can range from a full-blown allergic reaction to subtle food intolerances.

The allergy is mild when the reaction builds up over a few days, rather than at once. Symptoms of a mild food allergy are innocuous  a headache, a sinus flare-up, joint pains, wheezing, water retention. You may only realise the connection between the food and the symptoms when guided by a health professional.

Diseases associated with food allergies Arthritis, migraine, asthma, skin allergies, weak liver, obesity of unknown cause.

A severe food incompatibility is manifest when your body reacts instantly, rapidly and overwhelmingly to the foreign antigen in the system. This hyper response results in illness, sneezing and breathing difficulty.

A very strong reaction is labelled an anaphylactic reaction and the person has to be treated on an emergency level. People generally believe that all food allergies result in hyper reactions, which is why they miss the delayed symptoms of a mild food allergy.

Trigger foods: These include wheat, milk, peanuts, corn, seafood, chocolates, curd, cheese, paneer. There are all kinds of trigger foods, but they affect the individual according to their genetic constitution.

So some people may drink milk without any trouble, while others may find that it triggers allergic symptoms. The choking reaction of many children to fish or peanuts is an instantly recognisable symptom of allergy.

Cirrhosis is a condition in which liver scarring is observed. A long term disease or injury causes a scar tissue. Scar tissue is unable to work as healthy liver tissues.

Healthy liver tissues make protein, clean the blood, store energy, provide the help to fight against infections, and help to digest food. Due to the formation of this scar tissue, blood flow in the liver is affected.

liver cannot carry the essential functions like detoxification of harmful substances, blood purification and manufacturing of vital nutrients. Very few people with cirrhosis get liver cancer.

Signs and symptoms of cirrhosis are not shown in early stages. When deterioration of liver function occurs, you may feel leg and abdominal swelling, fatigue, unexpected weight loss, and nausea.

Cirrhosis may lead you to:

Jaundice- yellowing of your skin may develop. It is possible to experience the intense bleeding from your digestive system in such conditions.

The common causes of cirrhosis are mentioned below:

No treatment is available to make the scar tissue disappear. If you treat the cause, you can keep the scar tissue from getting worse. Treatment also prevents further complications. If formation of multiple scar tissues occurs, you should consider liver transplant.

Metabolism is the process by which what we eat is converted into
life-giving energy. There are various steps before food turns into
energy and many organs play a vital role in this process, including
the mouth, the liver and associated systems like the endocrinal
system and the kidneys.