How do the liver cell membranes get damaged in the first place?
Inflammation is a common cause of damage to the delicate liver cell membranes. Liver inflammation is medically termed Hepatitis (hepato = liver, itis = inflammation). This has many different causes including long term alcohol excess, some medications such as long term antibiotics, cholesterol lowering medications and pain killers, oral synthetic Hormone Replacement, viral infections of the liver such as Hepatitis A, B & C, auto-immune hepatitis, hemachromatosis, primary biliary cirrhosis, exposure to toxic chemicals such as insecticides & pesticides & organic solvents & incorrect diet.
