What are the functions of the liver?

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The liver is an organ essential to life, meeting important vital functions. They are the treatment of food substances absorbed or stored, the detoxification of the blood, becoming harmless toxic substances, the production of glycogen, and glucose storage substance, which is an important fuel of the body, the formation of red blood cells in the fetus, and development of fibrinogen, after a chemical transformation, allows the clotting of blood in the bleeding process. The liver, which in humans is located on the right side of the abdomen, at the height of the ribs and below the diaphragm, soft consistency and weighs between 1,100 and 1,600 kilograms, depending on whether the woman or man . Below the liver is a kind of bag or bladder, pear-shaped, called a gall bladder, whose main function is to concentrate the bile produced in the liver, a substance that helps in the digestion of fats.

What is jaundice?

It is a symptom that is characterized by yellow-green color of the skin and occurs when the pigment, which normally go into the bile, enter the blood due to disturbances caused by certain diseases.

Among the most important diseases of the liver include hepatitis (infection that produces inflammation of the liver), cirrhosis (decreased in size due to atrophy, caused by infection or abuse alcohol intake, among other things), and cancer liver (malignant tumor process, in many cases originating in other organs).

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