Why do I need to take medicine for dull pain in the liver area?

Dull pain in the liver area refers to pain around your ribs. This pain is mostly caused by the liver, but it may also be caused by the chest wall. Therefore, if you find dull pain in the liver area, you should first check whether you have liver disease such as alcoholic liver disease, fatty liver disease, etc. If it is confirmed that it is a liver problem, then you can use targeted medication.

Dull pain in the liver area generally refers to pain in the right hypochondrium. If it is a liver problem, it can be divided into several types, such as alcoholic liver disease and fatty liver disease. When you have these diseases, the liver generally does not feel pain. If there is pain in the liver area, it may be hepatitis or other liver and gallbladder system diseases. At this time, you must go to the hospital for examination. You can do a liver B-ultrasound. In order to rule out hepatitis B, you can check liver function or do a routine hepatitis B five-item test. Reminder: Do not take medicine blindly if you find dull pain in the liver area.

If there is no problem with liver function, then we have to consider whether it is a chest wall lesion? Such as local muscle injury of the right hypochondrium, rib fracture, chest wall contusion, osteomyelitis, herpes zoster, intercostal neuritis, epidemic chest pain, chest wall tuberculosis, etc.; pleural and lung tissue lesions: such as right-sided tuberculous pleurisy, pneumothorax, empyema, hemothorax, pneumonia, bronchial lung cancer, pulmonary embolism, etc.; others: such as subphrenic abscess, etc.

The cause of liver pain should also be determined based on the patient's age, symptoms, duration of dull pain in the liver area, medical history, epidemiological data, physical signs, and necessary auxiliary examinations.

Do not blindly use medication for dull pain in the liver area, especially for patients whose livers are already damaged. Indiscriminate use of medication is undoubtedly chronic suicide. Not only does it fail to achieve the desired effect, but it also increases the burden on the liver, invisibly aggravating the degree of liver damage and worsening the condition. Therefore, it is recommended that patients with dull pain in the liver area go to a regular hospital for a detailed examination to find out the cause of the dull pain in the liver area, and then take symptomatic medication.

At the same time, if you find dull pain in the liver area, you should pay attention to protecting and nourishing the liver, selenium - the liver protector among trace elements. Modern scientific research has proven that when the liver is damaged by hepatitis, cirrhosis, etc., blood selenium levels can be reduced, and low selenium levels can contribute to the occurrence of alcoholic liver disease.

Selenium can accelerate the metabolism of alcohol, relieve discomfort after drinking, and thus protect the liver and prevent alcoholic liver damage; Selenium can protect the structural integrity of liver cells, scavenge free radicals, and accelerate the decomposition of lipid peroxides through the antioxidant effect of glutathione peroxidase, thereby protecting the liver; Selenium has good detoxification function and can antagonize a variety of toxic heavy metal substances (such as mercury, lead, benzene, arsenic, etc.) and some harmful compounds, thereby reducing the damage of toxic substances in the environment to the liver.

Schisandra chinensis - a new element of traditional Chinese medicine for liver protection.

Schisandra can promote bile secretion and accelerate the excretion of toxic substances such as alcohol in the liver; Schisandra is rich in a variety of active ingredients - lignans, which can enhance the biological activity of enzymes such as GSH-PX and SOD, and have the functions of protecting liver cell membranes, resisting lipid peroxidation, promoting protein biosynthesis and liver glycogen production, and can promote the repair of damaged liver cells, growth, and inhibit liver cell pathology; Schisandra can promote the liver's detoxification process, protect the liver from poisoning, and regenerate liver tissue damaged by alcohol abuse, drug abuse or hepatitis; Schisandra can also effectively reduce the rising levels of transaminase-alanine transaminase (SGPT/ALT-reduced by 75% within 20 days) and alpha-fetoprotein (AFP-most widely used in biochemical blood tests to detect liver cancer), and its effectiveness is safer than the well-known silymarin (taken from milk thistle).

Finally, I would like to remind everyone not to take medicine blindly for dull pain in the liver area. Instead, take the right medicine according to your own situation, and at the same time choose a good liver care plan and a well-regulated fitness plan.