Although the liver is the most diligent organ in the human body, it is also the most vulnerable organ in the human body. Moreover, since the liver is responsible for detoxification, metabolism, synthesis, bile secretion and hematopoiesis at the same time, if the liver is damaged, it will really cause the consequences of "affecting the whole body". Therefore, for the sake of physical health, it is necessary to have regular checkups on the health of the liver every year.

So, what are the general tests that we need to do when examining the liver? Experts said: In fact, if you want to know the health status of your liver, you can generally know it through these 3 types of tests.

1. Items that reflect liver cell damage

In general, changes in aminotransferases in the body can reflect damage to liver cells. Therefore, if people want to know the health status of their liver, they can determine the condition of their liver by doing some items that help reflect the damage to liver cells in the hospital.

For example, aspartate aminotransferase, alanine aminotransferase and Y glutamyltransferase are all relatively common indicators that can reflect the function of liver cells. And through the changes in the values of these indicators, we can also determine whether the liver is at risk of inflammation and disease.

2. Items that reflect the function of the hepatic synthetic reserve

In liver function tests, indicators such as globulin, albumin, total protein, and cholinesterase can actually reflect the liver's synthetic reserve function. Generally speaking, if the liver is damaged and the liver's synthetic reserve function is weakened, then the values of the above indicators will show a downward trend, and the lower the value, the more serious the damage to liver function generally means.

Not only that, the elevated values of these indicators may also be a sign of damage to the liver or other organs, and patients need to undergo further targeted examinations to determine the health status of the liver or diagnose other diseases.

3. Items that reflect the secretion and excretion functions of the liver

Anyone who has had a liver test should be able to find that in addition to the above indicators, the liver test results generally contain indicators such as bilirubin and bile acids. In fact, indicators such as bilirubin and bile acids are important indicators that reflect the secretion and excretion function of the liver.

Clinically, high levels of total bile acids are often manifestations of alcoholic hepatitis or acute and chronic hepatitis, while high levels of total bilirubin are mostly signs of hepatobiliary diseases, which require further examination to determine the health status of the liver and gallbladder.

Therefore, when doing a liver examination, we may wish to judge the health of our liver through the above three types of indicators. Of course, after getting the test results, we should carry out corresponding conditioning or treatment under the guidance of a professional doctor, and do a good job of relevant dietary conditioning or lifestyle adjustment, or we can slowly return to normal values that are high or low, so as to slow down the degree of liver damage.

Proofread by Zhuang Wu