Already suffering from cirrhosis of the liver was only 15 years old!
Cirrhosis of the liver! This is the number of forty to fifty-year-old feared diseases. However, the 15-year-old boy Hao even in the exam was found to suffer from cirrhosis of the liver, which can not help but to allow doctors surprise, even more surprisingly, the doctor discovered that the liver actually accumulated a large number of copper, which is the chief culprit in cirrhosis of the liver caused by Hao culprit.
This year is the 15-year-old Hao Jiangjin people attending Jiangjin one. Not long ago, Hao began shouting stomach pain, stomach more and more “Drum”, the parents took him to the Southwest Hospital. “Cirrhosis of the liver and hepatic ascites.” Yesterday, after careful examination of Gastroenterology, Southwest Hospital, Professor Lee said Xiao Tian, Hao suffering from relatively rare disease, learning called liver degeneration.
To put it simply, now Hao cause because of his liver and not the same as normal people, there is no excessive trace element metabolism – the capacity of copper. In other words, these 10 years, the children of the intake of all accumulated in the liver of copper, leading to cirrhosis of the liver.
Experts say:
Genetic problems so that children who show disorder of copper metabolism
Copper is one of the human body essential trace elements. Copper promotes iron absorption and utilization and promote the maturity and release of red blood cells; copper components for a number of enzymes directly involved in the process of hematopoiesis. As modern people eat fine food, Eat whole grains and natural foods, so for iron, copper and other trace elements often insufficient intake, therefore prone to anemia.
”Hao This is rare.” Said Professor Xiao is a genetic problem caused by the child’s liver can not be normal metabolism of copper, but he reminded the public that normal human body the right amount of trace elements copper intake is beneficial to the body .
These foods contain trace elements copper:
Animal offal, oyster, fish, lean meat, beans, sesame, cabbage, radish sprouts, shrimp, jellyfish, egg yolk, raisins, tomatoes, and nuts.