Do you know? If you go to the toilet carefully, you may find red flags for liver cancer. Liu Yingjun, deputy chief physician of the Department of General Surgery of Henan Cancer Hospital, suggested that liver problems can really be reflected when "going to the toilet".
So, why is liver cancer related to abnormal urine and urine? What symptoms occur when going to the toilet, indicating that the liver is calling for help? Today I will talk to you about these issues.
What are the main functions of the liver?
The liver has many roles and can metabolize various vitamins, such as vitamin A, so when the liver is damaged, night blindness caused by lack of vitamin A may occur; The liver can also metabolize sex hormones, and sex hormones have an effect on capillaries, so when the liver is damaged, sex hormone metabolism is abnormal, and spider angiomas.
Of course, the most well-known function of the liver is still able to detoxify, foreign toxic substances and even drugs, must be metabolized in the liver, so people often say that taking medicine hurts the liver.
What is the relationship between liver and bowel movements?
When it comes to the role of the liver in the digestive system, we have to mention an idiom "liver and gallbladder", the liver itself does not participate in digestion, but it can participate in the digestion of fatty foods by secreting bile, and then have an impact on urine.
The first impact, liver problems, may affect the secretion of bile, directly affect the digestion of fat, and indirectly lead to loss of appetite, indigestion, diarrhea, abdominal bloating and other symptoms. Therefore, it is not surprising that when the liver becomes cancerous, it causes symptoms of constipation and diarrhea.
The second effect is mainly reflected in the relationship between the liver and bilirubin. Bilirubin is an important indicator of liver function, and the color of the stool can also reflect the state of bilirubin, so the color of the stool can indicate liver problems to a certain extent.
The liver can convert indirect bilirubin into direct bilirubin dissolved in water. Direct bilirubin is mainly found in the gallbladder and can enter the small intestine with bile and then be excreted with excretion. Therefore, the color of excrement is mostly determined by direct bilirubin, which is yellowish, so the stool is also yellowish. If you have liver cancer and abnormal bilirubin metabolism, the color of the stool will change, and the color of white clay may appear.
The third effect is still the problem of bilirubin, but mainly because bilirubin metabolism is impaired, it enters the bloodstream, and finally can only be excreted from the urine, so it will cause yellow urine.
However, it should be noted that it is not that diarrhea, constipation, white clay-colored stools, or signs of liver cancer, liver damage, such as cirrhosis, bile duct obstruction, bile duct stones, can also appear these symptoms.
Therefore, Liu Yingjun reminded that after these symptoms appear, we must actively seek medical treatment, find out the cause, and treat the symptoms.
(Author: An Hongdou Responsible Editor: Yang Hua)