This symptom appears in the eyes, you have to be careful of the liver

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Tom is usually very healthy, At a party with his best friend who is a doctor but was told his best friend that his liver may have problems, Tom was puzzled and thought that his liver did not have any discomfort, but his best friend said that he looked at Tom's eyes and was very worried about the health of his liver. It turns out that Tom has a dark brown ring around the outer rim of his cornea.

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Tom's best friend suggested that he go to the ophthalmologist for a checkup, and although Tom suspected that there was no connection between his eyes and his liver, he still followed his best friend's advice and went for a checkup. After the checkup, the doctor locked up the cause of Ding's abnormal liver function, which was "Hepatobiliary Nucleotide Degeneration". It turns out that Tom's parents each carry a mutated gene, but they have no symptoms, while Ding inherited a mutated gene from each of his parents, so Ding appeared abnormal liver function clinical symptoms. After a clear diagnosis, Tom's liver function gradually returned to normal after a low-copper diet and copper-repellent treatment. When there is a naughty guy named "Wilson" in your body, his job is to manage the copper in your body. Under normal circumstances, he will collect the excess copper and excrete it from the body through the "restroom passage", thus maintaining the balance of copper in the body.

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However, some people are born with a "bad" Wilson, who is not very good at managing copper. He puts too much copper in his body, like hiding a bunch of snacks under the bed. The excess copper started to build up in different parts of the body, like too much clutter in the house, making things not work well.

First, he'll take the excess copper to the liver, as if he's piling up copper ore in his home pantry. This can impair the liver's function and cause it to become less willing to work.

Then, he also takes some copper to the brain with him, as if he had put it in a computer. This could cause the computer system to crash and cause some weird problems, like muscles not working and hands shaking like he's holding a berry smoothie.

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Wilson might also take some copper to the cornea, which is like getting some oil stains on your glasses, making your vision blurry.

So, these "copper activists" make the body a bit of a mess, as if a mischievous person is wreaking havoc in the house. The goal of treatment is to make this "Wilson" more compliant, so that he stops piling up copper everywhere, and our body gets back to functioning normally. This usually requires special medications, like a "copper trash can" to clean out the copper clutter in the house. If the situation is particularly serious, a "copper dump" (liver transplant) may be needed to solve the problem completely.

If you have a troublemaker named "Wilson" in your body, he will mess up the copper in your body. But the good news is that there are medications we can use to discipline this troublemaker and make him behave. Hepatomegaly is a rare exception. It is a rare genetic problem that can be fixed with medication, like a "goody-two-shoes" pill for the troublemaker. Early treatment is important, as is stopping the troublemaker before he destroys the house.

Treatment will vary from person to person, just as every family has different ways of disciplining a naughty child. Some people may need a different type of medication that will last a lifetime, like giving a trick-or-treater a "candy bar" every day.

Although hepatomegaly is a genetic problem, it is not incurable. If a young person is found to have recurring liver problems that are not explained by other common causes, it is like finding out that there is something strange going on in the house, and it may be necessary to consider whether a trick-or-treating spirit is at work. There are special tests that can be performed as if an expert has been called in to find out where the troublemaker is hiding so that a solution to the problem can be found.

In conclusion, while genetic issues may be messing with our bodies a bit, there are ways to correct them with medications and specialized methods, just like stopping the trick-or-treaters at home, to get life back to normal. Remember, the sooner you deal with the problem, the better your health and the "troublemaker" will coexist!

WriterCily

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