Every year on July 28 is the "World Hepatitis Day", this year China's publicity theme is "adhere to early prevention, strengthen detection, standardize antiviral treatment", aimed at raising people's awareness of hepatitis. But do you really know your liver?

The liver has a powerful function, is one of the most important organs of the human body, is an organ in the body with metabolic function, and plays the role of oxidation, storage of liver sugar, secreted protein synthesis and so on. However, for liver disease, most people are hindsight, the current public is most aware of the same origin of liver and eye, staying up late to hurt the liver, and hepatitis, fatty liver, cirrhosis, liver cancer and other liver diseases in our country is very common.

So, what are the symptoms of a bad liver? What to watch out for? What actions can cause damage to the liver? How can the liver be protected?

The liver is located in the right upper abdomen, with a length, width and thickness of about 25.8cm, 15.2cm and 5.8cm. The weight of adult liver is 1157-1447g for males and 1029-1379g for females, and the heaviest liver can reach about 2000g.

Regenerative function: The liver is one of the few internal human organs that can be naturally renewed; In about 25% of the liver, the rest of the liver can regenerate into a whole liver.

Detoxification organs: poisons produced in the body, waste products, poisons eaten, drugs that damage the liver, etc., must also rely on the liver to detoxify.

The liver has no pain-sensing nerve distribution, so it acts as an emotionless "killer" when dealing with poisons in the body, breaking them down without the body noticing minor liver damage. If there is physical discomfort, then the liver is very tired.