Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore (GA)
Mangalore April 17: KMC Hospital, Ambedkar Circle (Jyothi), will celebrate World Liver Day on Saturday April 19.
The liver is the largest organ in the human body. It plays a vital role in regulating life processes. Its primary functions are to refine and detoxify everything we eat, breathe, and absorb through our skin. It stores certain vitamins, minerals (including iron) and sugars, regulates fat stores, and controls the production and excretion of cholesterol. It neutralizes and destroys poisonous substances and metabolizes alcohol.
Three things to avoid for liver health: excessive alcohol, drugs and medicines taken with alcohol, and environmental pollutants.
Poor nutrition is rarely a cause of liver disease, but good nutrition in the form of a balanced diet, may help liver cells damaged by hepatitis viruses to regenerate, forming new liver cells. Calories in the form of carbohydrates can add to liver dysfunction and can cause fat deposits in the liver.
Diseased life manifests itself with various external symptoms like coated tongue, bad breath, skin rashes, itchy skin, excessive sweating, offensive body odour, dark circles under the eyes, red swollen and itchy eyes, acne rosaces, brownish spots and blemishes on the skin, excessive facial blood vessels.
Liver diseases can be treated after proper diagnosis through laboratory tests and radiological investigations.
Two special concessional packages at 20% discount are designed for the same: Package I: USG Abdomen, Liver Function Test, HBsAg, and Consultation. Package II: USG Abdomen, Liver Function Test, HBsAg, anti – HCV, Consultation. Free Diet Consultation will be provided for all people availing the package. All people availing these packages who deserve and are referred for surgery will attract special discounts.
Dr Sunil Deshpande, COO has urged the public to make maximum use of these special packages.