It is incorrect to call hepatomegaly a disease. Rather, it is a symptom or a harbinger of the disease. The reasons for the increase in the liver are different, the choice of treatment and diet depends on them.
Why does hepatomegaly occur?
To name one possible reason is very difficult. Moreover, to determine why the liver has increased, each patient needs to undergo a comprehensive diagnosis with ultrasound, analysis, if necessary, MRI and biopsy.
As practice shows, most often pharmaceutical preparations and folk remedies for the treatment of enlarged liver have to be taken because of:
- hepatitis A;
- helminthic invasions;
- infections (both viral and bacterial);
- cholelithiasis ;
- cysts;
- good and malignant tumors;
- fatty hepatosis;
- cholestatic hepatosis;
- hemochromatosis;
- cirrhosis;
- alcohol abuse;
- excessive intake of dietary supplements, certain vitamins and medicines;
- poisoning with industrial or plant toxic substances;
- leukemia;
- amyloidosis ;
- cholangitis;
- mononucleosis;
- acute heart failure;
- occlusion of hepatic veins.
Treatment of an enlarged liver
Therapy must necessarily be aimed at eliminating the underlying cause of hepatomegaly and under the supervision of specialists. The most effective is complex treatment. It involves the use of hepatoprotectors and other medications, the use of folk recipes, diet, lifestyle adjustments.
The most effective drugs for the treatment of enlarged liver are the following:
- The main active substance in Ursofalk is ursodeoxycholic acid. Assign a remedy to those patients in whom hepatomegaly developed against a background of hepatitis or toxic damage. Improvement of the patient's condition comes at the expense of normalization of the biliary tract.
- Galstena is a universal drug that is suitable for all patient groups.
- Ovesol - a medicine for the treatment of enlarged liver with herbs. He cleans the body of toxins.
- Essentiale helps effectively restore the cells of the body. In addition, the drug acts on the cardiovascular system and reduces the cholesterol in the blood.
- Karsil prevents inflammation and improves metabolism.
Folk remedies for hepatomegaly
Regardless of the causes and symptoms, the enlarged liver can be treated with folk remedies:
- Broth of corn stigmas is not very tasty, but with hepatomegaly struggles faster than many medications.
- A popular remedy is a jelly on oats. Prepare it as a usual delicacy, but the cereal grains are taken as the basis.
- Pumpkin is not only delicious, but also very useful. Most benefit in a fresh berry. In the baked product of nutrients less. And during the frying, all the vitamins and useful elements evaporate.
- With hepatomegaly, you need to drink juice. It is desirable to freshly squeezed - from carrots, beets or apples with the addition of honey.
- Reduce the liver and help cranberries, added in small amounts in tea.
With increased liver
Proper nutrition is one of the most important components of treatment. The liver is a natural filter of the body. Through it passes all that a person eats or drinks. Accordingly, if you consume a lot of useless and dangerous food, the organ will have to be very hard.
Those who have been diagnosed with hepatomegaly, it is advisable to abandon:
- fat;
- fried;
- salty;
- smoked;
- acute;
- coffee;
- ice-cream;
- sausages (even cooked);
- white bread and baking;
- sharp cheeses;
- chocolate;
- soda;
- sweets with cream;
- spices;
- canned food;
- margarine.