Liver is the largest organ of body. It fights infections, regulates blood sugar, removes toxins, controls cholesterol, making proteins and releases bile to help digestion. The problems in relation to the liver were largely ignored. With time the treatment and cure has improved for the infectious disease, but the chronic disease like that of liver, kidney, heart and neurological problems increasing.
Like other chronic diseases, liver is one of the common disease where life long treatment needed and often had an impact on the quality of life. Major part of this disease is asymptomatic and when diagnosed, its too late for treatment or can only be stabilized, not curative.
Hence intensive awareness is needed for screening, early diagnosis, treatment and follow up is needed. World Liver day is observed on 19 April every year. The day is observed to spread awareness about the liver-related disease.
