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What is vitamin D and what is it used for? Vitamin D is a nutrient necessary for good health. It helps the body absorb calcium, one of the main substances needed for strong bones. Together with calcium, vitamin D helps prevent osteoporosis, a disease that causes bones to become thinner and weaker and more prone…
What are liver function tests? These tests (also called liver function panels) use a blood sample to measure various substances produced by the liver. The most common liver function tests measure: Albumin : Protein produced in the liver Total protein : Measures the total amount of protein in the blood, including albumin and globulins. These proteins are produced mainly…
Liver transplant is often the best option for people who have cirrhosis if not curable by our diet it cures the disease and allows the person to return to their normal life without worrying about future health complications. Liver transplant is a very complex surgery and there are a limited number of donors available each…
The liver is the largest organ in the body. It is impossible to imagine life without it, as it has multiple functions essential to human metabolism: it produces certain proteins for blood plasma, produces bile, processes hemoglobin to distribute its iron content, purifies bilirubin, regulates blood coagulation and many other things. There are multiple common…
When a person suffers chronic liver damage leading to liver cirrhosis, it is difficult for this diagnosis to be reversed. This happens because liver cirrhosis is the final stage of chronic damage to this organ and by then, the scars that are in it have already formed fibrosis that makes it difficult to function. “As it is a chronic…