Liver intoxication: symptoms and treatment

The liver is recognized as the main filter of the human body - it is this body that performs the functions of detecting, binding and removing toxins that enter the body.But even the most healthy liver can not perform this "work" indefinitely - sooner or later, with regular ingestion of poisonous substances into the body, the body stops performing its functions fully and doctors diagnose liver intoxication.

Table of contents: Causes of liver poisoning Types and symptoms of liver intoxication

Causes of liver poisoning

Of course, any toxic compound can become a cause of liver toxicity.But in medicine there is a separate list of those toxins that most often provoke liver poisoning. These include:

• Hemolytic-type poisons - for example, biochromates, acetic essences, copper vitriol;
• heavy metal salts;
• poisons of hepatotropic type - substances based on phosphorus, benzene, phenol, hydrocarbon;
• glycoli - oxalic acid or ethylene glycol.

Some drugs, psychotropic drugs, alcohol and drugs can become a reason for liver intoxication.

Types and symptoms of liver toxicity

The symptoms of liver intoxication differ in some respects - everything depends on what caused the development of the condition in question.

Drug poisoning

Most often, liver intoxication with drugs occurs with their long-term use - it can be a forced measure( a person undergoing treatment), or the voluntary use of certain medicines in large quantities and regularly( it is a question of narcotic drugs).

Doctors distinguish a group of people who are most likely to have liver toxicity:

• people with alcohol and / or drug dependence;
• pregnant women;
• underage children;
• the elderly;
• patients with diagnosed liver pathologies occurring in chronic form.

Note: in people with alcohol and / or narcotic dependence symptoms of liver intoxication may appear even when using a small amount of a specific drug.For example, this category of people is too sensitive to paracetamol and its derivatives.

Very often liver intoxication begins and with prolonged use of hormonal drugs - one of the possible side effects is the stimulation of the production of hepatic hormones.

Modern medicine knows hundreds of medicines that can lead to the condition in question.

Food Poisoning

This is a liver intoxication that has developed against the backdrop of the use of low-quality food products containing toxins, bacteria and / or pathogenic viruses.Moreover, it does not matter whether the products were raw, thermally processed or frozen.

To food poisoning can be attributed to drinking too much alcohol - these drinks themselves represent a toxic compound, which leads to poisoning.

Please note: is the most dangerous liver products for mushrooms, fish and canned food.When liver is intoxicated due to the use of these low-quality foodstuffs, you should immediately seek professional medical help.

Symptoms of liver intoxication

This pathological condition can be intense and sluggish, the liver can be enlarged or within normal limits - it all depends on the degree of poisoning and general health.

The main symptoms of liver intoxication:

• is constantly present nausea and does not bring relief vomiting;
• skin and mucous become icteric;
• in the oral cavity there is an aftertaste of bitterness;
• the victim is constantly worried about belching;
• intestines work with impairments - a person can have diarrhea, constipation, flatulence, intestinal colic;
• there is rapid fatigue, weakness, drowsiness;
• appetite either decreases or is completely absent;
• urine acquires an orange color, it may contain blood.

Note: if fungal poisoning has occurred, the victim will have a pronounced yellow color of the skin, and his mind will be confused.With such intoxication, necrosis rapidly develops in the liver cells, which leads to a rapid lethal outcome.

How to treat liver toxicity

Before you even take any therapeutic action, you need to limit / stop the flow of toxin into the body.To do this, doctors use serums, antidotes, detoxins - the choice of a particular substance depends on what exactly the patient has poisoned and how intense the symptoms of the condition in question.

Then the doctors wash the stomach, put the droppers with glucose and vitamins, saline solution - so they work with food poisoning.But in any case, if urgent measures for detoxification are not taken, then everything can end sadly - the patient will develop chronic pathologies with severe consequences.

In general, the treatment of liver intoxication involves the appointment of specific medications and a diet that will restore the cells of the body.

Medical treatment of liver intoxication

A doctor after an examination / examination of a patient with a diagnosis of liver intoxication can make the following assignments:

• antibacterial drugs - are prescribed only if a patient's examination was diagnosed with inflammatory processes in the liverAnd other organs;
• means to restore intestinal microflora - this will help restore the activity of the gastrointestinal tract, relieve the patient of intestinal colic( paroxysmal pain in the abdominal region) and normalize the stool;
• preparations that possess absorbing and diuretic properties of - they bind toxins and facilitate their rapid elimination through the urinary system.

In addition, each patient with liver toxicity is prescribed a course of vitamin therapy - as a rule, B and C vitamins are used for this. Such a tactic allows to strengthen the body, restore its immune system - it helps to cope with the effects of poisoning more quickly.

Diet in liver toxicity

This is a very important point in the treatment of the condition under consideration - if the diet is broken, then the restoration of the liver function will not happen, the health will worsen, and chronic pathologies will develop.

What is prohibited from consuming liver intoxication:

• Acute, salty and smoked foods are too heavy, which even with absolute health has a negative effect on the liver;
• salt and spices - they irritate the stomach, intestines, which leads to worsening of the patient's condition;
• alcoholic beverages - they are in themselves the strongest toxin.

What can and should be consumed with liver intoxication:

• Vegetables and fruits - they must be eaten in crushed, steamed or quenched / boiled;
• dairy products - they can be consumed in unlimited quantities, the same applies to fermented milk products;
• rabbit / chicken meat - these kinds of meat should be eaten in boiled and chopped form.

Of course, you need to abandon any food that is considered difficult for the gastrointestinal tract - it is, for example, about cucumbers and tomatoes, corn, crab sticks and others.But with liver intoxication, you can and should use a lot of watermelons, however, you need to make sure that they are not "pumped" with pesticides and nitrates.

Such a diet should be observed throughout the treatment of liver intoxication.But even if the symptoms of the condition in question completely disappeared, and the doctor speaks about an imminent discharge, you should not "attack" food - this can provoke a breakdown in the work of the entire digestive system.

Recovery period

First, during this period it is strictly forbidden to drink alcoholic beverages and drugs.The fact is that these substances can provoke a new poisoning, the liver simply will not survive such a "blow" - the necrosis of the tissues of the organ can begin to develop, which inevitably leads to a fatal outcome.

Secondly, even during the recovery period it is recommended to adhere to a diet - from shish kebab and hot ketchup, as well as pickles and marinades will have to be abandoned for at least 2 months after the complete disposal of the symptoms of liver intoxication.And even after the removal of this restriction, it is necessary to introduce forbidden food into the diet extremely accurately - in small doses and infrequently.

Thirdly, every 30-40 days you need to appear at your doctor's office and undergo a preventive examination.At any time, a relapse into intoxication may occur, especially often with those who do not follow the recommendations of specialists.

Intoxication of the liver is a serious problem that must be addressed immediately and with aggressive treatment.Only an appeal to professionals will help get rid of the likelihood of development of severe consequences, especially this is relevant for poisoning with fungi - liver intoxication is so powerful and rapid that even in the conditions of medical institutions, the help provided does not yield results.

Tsygankova Yana Aleksandrovna, medical reviewer, therapeutist of the highest qualification category