Liver associated disease
Introduction Liver is the second largest organ in human body, more than 5,000 separate bodily functions including helping blood to clot, cleansing the blood of toxins to converting food into nutrients to control hormone levels, fighting infections and illness, regenerating back after injury and metabolizing cholesterol, glucose, iron and controlling their levels. Most people never give their liver a thought until something goes wrong, yet, liver diseases on rise, affecting one in ten. Liver diseases can be inherited or caused by a variety of factors that damage the liver. In fact, there are many types of liver diseases that can be caused by a virus, damage from drugs or chemicals, obesity, diabetes or an attack from own immune system, when the condition is left untreated, it can become life threatening and can permanently damage the liver or the bile duct. This damage leads to malignancy and cause liver cancer. Liver Diseases Numerous liver diseases are accompanied by jaundice caused b