Heaviness in the right upper quadrant can be as a sign of some kind of pathology and the norm. In normal weight and even pain in the right upper quadrant may be associated with high physical activity, and the tide of blood to the liver. Filling liver blood leads to its increase and stretching of the capsule in which a lot of nerve endings - hence the feeling of heaviness and pain.

What is in the right upper quadrant

In the right hypochondrium in humans is the liver, which is composed of lobules, interconnected in a large proportion. All of the liver is covered with dense fibrous connective tissue capsule. Slices are separated by layers of loose fibrous connective tissue. Each slice fall interlobular artery, lymphatic vessels and nerve trunk, and leave Vienna, bile duct, and lymphatic vessel outlet.

Interlobular bile ducts are connected to the common bile duct, bile from which enters the gall bladder and accumulates there. The gallbladder - a small bag in which there is an accumulation of bile, increasing its concentration and from which periodically carried out the flow of bile into the common bile duct, leading out into the duodenum. Emissions of bile from the gallbladder associated with meals.

The liver performs in the body is very important functions: purification of the body Cleansing the body - comprehensive restoration   toxins external and internal origin, formation of proteins, including those affecting the blood coagulation, formation of fat-soluble vitamins (A, E, K, D), the regulation of metabolic processes and the processes of thermoregulation, as well as education and excretion of bile, participating in the process of digestion.

The feeling of heaviness in the right upper quadrant, associated with diseases of the gallbladder and biliary tract

Diseases of the gallbladder and biliary tract may develop on the background of metabolic disorders - in this case in the form of bile stones, which can impede the progress of bile. The formation of gallstones helps violation of motor activity of the biliary tract, which leads to the stagnation of bile. Against the background of gallstone disease may develop inflammation of the biliary tract and gallbladder - cholecystitis and cholangitis. Heaviness in the right upper quadrant may be the initial symptom of the disease.

Finally, a common cause of cholecystitis and cholangitis are biliary dyskinesia Biliary dyskinesia - a big problem with bile   - A violation of the motor activity of smooth muscles of these organs associated with dysfunction of the autonomic nervous system (ANS). As you know, the ANS consists of two interrelated parts: the sympathetic (SNS - she is responsible for the condition of the body under stress) and parasympathetic (PNS - she is responsible for the body under normal circumstances). With the predominance of the effect of SNS there is increased physical activity biliary tract (hyperkinetic dyskinesia), while the prevalence of PNS physical activity, in contrast, is reduced (hypokinetic dyskinesia).

In all diseases of the biliary tract and liver in the initial stages leading symptom may be a feeling of heaviness in the right upper quadrant.

Causes of gravity in the right upper quadrant, associated with liver disease

Equally often the cause of gravity in the right upper quadrant is an inflammatory process in the liver itself - hepatitis Hepatitis - the scourge of our time . Especially characteristic constant heaviness in the right upper quadrant of chronic, slowly developing hepatitis. This may be as viral hepatitis Viral hepatitis - Army disease And hepatitis any other origin, including non-infectious.

Constant gravity in the right upper quadrant may be the only symptom is slowly progressing hepatitis. And do not pay attention to it - it means to get through a serious illness for some time in conjunction with a progressive decrease in liver function.

Heaviness in the right upper quadrant, associated with blood circulation

Severe cardiovascular disease disrupted the heart muscle, and the heart is not doing its job, it does not have time to pump the venous blood flowing into it from the systemic circulation, that is, from distant tissues and organs. This leads to stagnation of venous blood and the appearance of edema in the first leg, which rise higher and capture abdominal organs.

As a result of venous stasis in liver latter expands, the capsule it is stretched and there is a feeling of heaviness in the right hypochondrium.

Treatment of gravity in the right upper quadrant

If there was a constant heaviness in the right upper quadrant, should consult a doctor and find out the cause of this phenomenon.

Galina Romanenko

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Application pantokaltsina with organic brain lesions

Organic called these brain lesions, which are accompanied by disturbances in its structure. Such diseases include prolonged ischemic attacks, including the effects of ischemic strokes, the effects of traumatic brain injury and neuroinfections.

In all these cases, the structure of the brain changes occur due to the fact that while some dramatic effects on the brain part of their cells (neurons) dies. Dead (necrotic) cells can not be restored, but around the lesion cells are located, the state has been violated, but they can still be recovered.

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Application pantokaltsina when extrapyramidal hyperkinesis and epilepsy

Sometimes, on the background of a variety of brain lesions develop extrapyramidal hyperkinesis - they are usually the result of violations of the links between the cerebral cortex and subcortical structures. Extrapyramidal hyperkinesia can have an innate character. They are very diverse, pretentiousness and unnatural movements, combined with increased muscle tone. These are manifestations of the whole body trembling, tics (twitching of individual muscle groups), trochaic hyperkinesis (fast spasmodic variety of muscle movements of arms and legs) and so on.

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In epilepsy patients develop large and small seizures, which eventually lead to violations of the intellect. Application pantokaltsina able to slow down this process.

Mental treatment

It was established that pantokaltsin positive effect on patients with certain mental illnesses Mental illness - ashamed to ask for help? , In particular schizophrenia. Improve metabolism Improves metabolism and losing weight without dieting   in brain tissue, it helps to ensure that the exacerbation of the disease are becoming more rare, occurring not so hard. It slowed down and decreased intelligence, characteristic of some types of schizophrenia.

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Treatment of functional disorders of the nervous system

Such violations include neurosis that developed against the background of very high intellectual and emotional stress loads. When neuroses brain cells are also affected, but they can still be recovered, so the use of drugs such as pantokaltsin is particularly effective.

This drug has a mild sedative and simultaneously activates the properties, and restores the normal functioning of neurons. As a result of receiving pantokaltsina course it is possible to get rid of a neurosis Neurosis - reaction to the nervous shock .

Treatment of diseases in children

Pantokaltsin used to treat children with three years, as the dosage form in tablet form is not suitable for the treatment of infants. It is used for the treatment of perinatal lesions of the nervous system, including the mental retardation, various kinds of hyperkinesis, stuttering, epilepsy, cerebral palsy, incontinence, and so on.

In all these cases pantokaltsin used as part of an integrated treatment and improves the general condition of the sick children.

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Galina Romanenko