Yang Zhenchang, chief physician of the Clinical Toxicology Department of Taipei Veterans General Hospital, pointed out that 80% to 90% of acute hepatitis is caused by drugs, and the liver function of the patients is abnormal due to the inability to metabolize the toxicity. Most of the patients have improved liver function after using the antidote, but there are still some patients with liver failure, and finally need to rely on liver replacement to save their lives. (I have told readers long ago that western medicine can hurt the liver, and many liver diseases that do not exist in the first place are also created by western medicine.)
Drug-induced acute hepatitis, more common in recent years include swallowing a large amount of acetaminophen analgesics (such as prolactin) in an attempt to commit suicide, as well as people swallowing tongue gall or taking unknown Chinese herbal medicines in the early stage. Fortunately, the Department of Toxicology has developed an antidote, which can still save the life of the person who swallowed it. (Painkillers hurt the liver the most and are the prime cause of liver cancer.)
Yang Zhenchang said that patients with acute liver failure have severe jaundice and blood coagulation abnormalities, but clinically they can only be given supportive treatment, including water supplementation, plasma, and drugs that promote the absorption of bile in the gastrointestinal tract. Commonly known as "Liver Cleansing" is to help patients metabolize toxins through plasma exchange.
However, the above-mentioned curative effects are very limited, and cannot reverse the failed liver function, and can only help the patient for a few weeks. And because the liver cannot metabolize normally, even the kidneys will fail in the end, and the liver must be replaced to save lives. (Are Western medicines bad? The patients are not benefited from taking them, but suffer first.)
In the early days, liver replacement could only be done by cadaver donations, and the source was limited. Now that technology has advanced, living donor liver transplantation has increased the chances of liver replacement for patients. However, living donor liver transplantation needs to be matched, and it is only limited to donors within the fifth degree of relatives, so sometimes it is difficult. (To treat liver disease, you need to find Chinese medicine. There is no need for liver replacement. Liver replacement is a gamble on chance.)
Yang Zhenchang said that at present, toxicology does have many restrictions on the clinical treatment of severe liver failure caused by drugs. If stem cell research can save patients a chance, the medical community is optimistic. (General liver disease is easy to treat, but acute hepatitis caused by western medicine is difficult to treat.)
Comment
The explosive hepatitis that many people get now is thanks to the gift of western medicine. Without western medicine, this explosive hepatitis would not exist at all. Now the US FDA has warned the public that taking western medicine painkillers not only hurts the liver, but also hurts the stomach, saying One thing to understand is that it will cause diseases such as gastric ulcer, gastric bleeding and gastric cancer. If you have pain, acupuncture is the best, and the effect is almost immediate. Do not take these painkillers, otherwise the loss outweighs the gain, which is tantamount to spending money to buy disaster.
