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Health and Physical Well-being.
Hepatotoxicity.
What is it, what can happen if left untreated, and, do some prescription medications make the situation far worse? Read on to find out more…
“She looked into the room. So many machines and wires and tubes, a reminder that the human body was an incredible miracle, its countless autonomic functions a gift when they were operating as intended, and a cumbersome nightmare to have to approximate when they were not.”
J.R. Ward. Consumed.
Ain’t that the truth.
A cumbersome nightmare when things go wrong…
So, with that in mind. Let’s take a look at just what Hepatotoxicity actually is.
ScienceDirect describes this disease as injury to the liver or impairment of the liver function caused by exposure to xenobiotics such as drugs, food additives, alcohol, chlorinated solvents, peroxidized fatty acids, fungal toxins, radioactive isotopes, environmental toxicants, and even some medicinal plants.
Wow. What a mouthful of words!
Roughly translating this condition into more commonly understood words, as ‘toxic liver disease.’
