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Many people often say that when the liver is hot, there will be acne or rash. So in fact, what are the symptoms of liver heat to recognize? How not to get hot?
1. What is hot liver disease, why is it hot? Hepatic heat is not a disease, but a condition of damage to the liver that causes very uncomfortable symptoms. If not promptly treated or overcome, prolonged hot liver can lead to very serious liver damage such as cirrhosis, liver failure.
Most cases of liver heat are caused by diet and daily activities. In addition, some of the following factors also increase the risk of liver damage:
Family history of liver disease. Habit of drinking a lot of beer and wine. Being overweight, fat and high blood sugar. Have unprotected sex. Sharing needles with someone who has liver disease. Having an open wound in direct contact with the infected person's blood or fluid. Exposure to harmful chemicals such as pesticides. Take large amounts or regularly of herbs and supplements.
2. What are the symptoms of liver heat? Pimples, itchy skin: The liver performs the job of filtering toxins in the body and excreting them outside. When the liver is hot, it also means that liver function is declining, affecting the body's detoxification, causing toxins to accumulate a lot. And instead of being discharged through the liver, this toxic amount will go into the skin, causing pimples, causing irritation on the skin, itching. At a mild level, hot liver and skin itching may appear only in areas or the whole body, but in severe cases, it will cause blisters in clusters, patients with intense itching and scratching, skin edema and infection. Jaundice, dark eyes: When the liver cannot perform the normal bile metabolism function, the more bilirubin accumulates in the blood, the more it will cause jaundice. Changes in skin color due to liver heat can be checked on the palms of the hands or feet, in the lining of the tongue or in the conjunctiva of the eyes. In addition, the skin around the eyes will be darkened, accompanied by eye fatigue. Bad breath, bad breath: Liver heat causes the body to produce more ammonia and makes the patient exhale an unpleasant odor. Accompanying bad breath is poor taste, loss of appetite, loss of appetite, and fatigue in the whole body. Change in stool and urine color: Because the liver excretes toxins through feces and urine, when the liver is hot, it will also cause the color of stool and urine to be different from normal. The stool is usually silvery white, while the urine is darker and the urine volume is also less. Abdominal distention: Long-term liver heat causes liver damage, swelling and abdominal distension.
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3. How to reduce liver heat? Hot liver rash, very uncomfortable itching. So how to reduce liver heat?
You need to change your daily diet in a more scientific way, prioritizing high-fiber foods, and at the same time limiting fatty, greasy and preservative chemicals, processed foods with a lot of energy . Drink lots of water, especially juices from vegetables that have heat-clearing properties. Or you can drink a decoction of cold medicine, reduce liver heat and cool the body. Enhance more fruits with high vitamin C content such as oranges, tangerines, ... Give up the habit of drinking alcohol, beer, tobacco containing many toxins harmful to the liver. Live in moderation, do not stay up late, sleep on time and get enough sleep, exercise to not make the liver work more. If you are taking medication for treatment, do not overdose or abuse it because it can lead to side effects such as liver heat. Also, do not buy and use drugs without a doctor's prescription. Live and have healthy sex activities to prevent viral infections in the liver. Get regular health check-ups to check your liver. Itchy blisters, jaundice, dark eyes, bad breath, and unusual stool and urine color can all be signs of liver heat. At that time, you need to see a doctor to check the health of your liver, to avoid long-term deterioration of liver function.
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