Cause of Liver Cancer

The cause and how changes in cells in the liver cancer is still unclear. However, the risk of liver cancer seems to increase with damage to the liver, such as cirrhosis. However, not all cases of cirrhosis will culminate in liver cancer.

Linkages cirrhosis with liver cancer

Liver cancer is closely related to cirrhosis and the formation of scar tissue in the liver. Normal liver tissue formed from cells that software. Cirrhosis is a condition when the normal liver tissue that has been hardened by the process of formation of new tissue from cells are injured. As a result of cirrhosis, liver function starts to decline. Keep in mind that not all people will experience cancer liver cirrhosis.

In a country that is still developing as Indonesia, cirrhosis is commonly caused by:

Infection with hepatitis B and C.

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.

Excessive alcohol consumption.

Autoimmune disease.

Infection with hepatitis B virus

Hepatitis B is a virus that spreads through contaminated blood. In addition, this virus spreads through body fluids such as saliva, semen, and vaginal fluids. Most people with hepatitis B suffer the same symptoms as the pathway to patients with liver cancer and the risk of widespread scarring in the liver. Scarring of the liver tissue that is formed when normal tissue and soft undergo the process of wound.

The ethnic factor thought to influence the risk of potential infection of people with hepatitis B develop into liver cancer. Asians infected with hepatitis B are at higher risk above the average of developing liver cancer, regardless of whether they are also suffering from liver cirrhosis or not. As with the other ethnic hepatitis B patients, their risk for developing liver cancer only increased if they also suffer from cirrhosis or other liver diseases such as hepatitis C.

The combination of smoking and hepatitis B makes the risk of liver cancer is higher.

Infection with hepatitis C

In the long run, people with hepatitis C may experience inflammation and damage to the liver. If you are living with hepatitis C, remove yourself from smoking. People with hepatitis C who smoke are more at risk of developing liver cancer later in life.

Indonesia is one of the countries with the highest rate of hepatitis C in Southeast Asia. One method of spread of hepatitis C in Indonesia is the use of contaminated hypodermic needles.

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

The exact cause of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease still can not be explained with certainty. However, this disease is often associated with obesity and type 2 diabetes.

Disease non-alcoholic fatty liver is a common condition and does not cause any obvious symptoms in most sufferers. Fat accumulates in the liver tissue causing the disease.

But in some people, the accumulation of fat in high levels can cause liver inflammation. Over time, this inflammation will cause injury to the liver tissue.

As a result of bad liquor

Another of other organs, the liver is an organ with strong resistance. The liver can handle the level of damage that is much higher than other organs such as the heart and brain. This is because the liver cells were able to regenerate after injury.

Whenever you consume liquor, solid organ and soft this will filter out harmful substances in alcohol from your blood. This filtering makes some heart cells to die.

Indeed capable of regenerating liver cells to make new cells. But how powerful was this organ, excessive alcohol consumption, and in the long term can damage the liver permanently. If you continue to consume excessive booze for years, your heart will lose the ability to regenerate.

Other Risk Factors

Liver cancer is also triggered by other factors following:

autoimmune hepatitis

A rare genetic condition that arises when the immune system or the body's natural resistance that normally fight infection actually attack the liver cells healthy. Risk patients with autoimmune hepatitis to liver cancer smaller than patients with cirrhosis or other liver disorders.

Primary biliary cirrhosis

The basic cause of primary biliary cirrhosis is still not known with certainty. The disease attacks the bile ducts, the pipeline that serves to drain bile into the digestive system. Bile duct damage then caused a buildup of bile in the liver. This buildup damage such organs and lead to cirrhosis. About 5% of people with advanced stage biliary cirrhosis is expected to suffer from liver cancer in the future.

haemochromatosis

Approximately ten percent of patients with cirrhosis due to hemochromatosis suffering from liver cancer. Haemochromatosis is a genetic condition when the body stores too much iron is absorbed from food. Iron piled eventually reach toxic levels and liver damage.