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Living With Liver Disease

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The Liver
The Liver
The Liver

What Does Your Liver Do?

The liver is the largest organ in the body. Located in the upper right side of the abdomen, it acts as a filter to remove toxins (harmful substances) and waste products from the blood. A healthy liver filters blood at a rate of about 1.5 quarts per minute. That's 540 gallons of blood a day and more than 13 million gallons over a lifetime!
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The Key Liver Functions

Key Liver Functions

1.The liver converts the thyroid hormone thyroxin (T4) into its more active form tri-iodothyronine (T3). Thyroid hormones act as the body's thermostat, regulating the rate at which virtually all biochemical reactions occur in the body. Inadequate conversion of T4 to T3 by the liver may lead energy-depleting hypothyroidism, leading to chronic fatigue, weight gain, poor memory and a host of other problems.

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What Does The Liver Look Like?

What does the liver look likeThe liver is reddish brown in colour. It has the consistency of foam rubber when healthy. In a child with liver disease, it is often firmer. In an adult, it is roughly the size of a rugby ball.

The liver has two main parts called the right and left lobes. There are over 300 billion specialised cells in the liver. These cells are served by a well organised intricate system of bile ducts and blood vessels. The bile ducts, which drain every liver cell, join like tributaries entering a stream, to form one main bile duct from each lobe. These join together to form the common hepatic duct.

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