Toxic Overload Can Trigger Acne...

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• Your liver performs over 200 functions, including the removal of most drugs and chemicals from your bloodstream, and breaking them down to be quickly removed from your body. Breaking down toxic substances creates biproducts that can be extremely damaging to the liver. Although the liver has the ability to regenerate, constant exposure to toxic substances can cause a variety of skin conditions including acne, as well as serious, and sometimes irreversible damage.

The following substances can cause symptoms of toxic overload AND toxic hepatitis:

• Alcohol. Heavy drinking over many years can lead to symptoms of toxicity and eventually inflammation of the liver.
• Over-the-counter pain relievers. Non-prescription pain relievers such as naproxen (Aleve), acetaminophen (Tylenol, others), aspirin, ibuprofen (Motrin, Advil, others) can damage your liver, especially when taken frequently or taken with alcohol.
• Prescription medications. Medications associated with serious liver injury include isoniazid, alothane,  valproic acid (Depakene), azathioprine (Azasan, Imuran), phenytoin (Dilantin, Phenytek), iacin (Niaspan),  lovastatin (Mevacor), atorvastatin (Lipitor), pravastatin (Pravachol), simvastatin (Zocor), rosuvastatin (Crestor), fluvastatin (Lescol), ketoconazole, as well as certain antibiotics, antivirals and anabolic steroids.
• Herbal supplements. Herbs that are considered dangerous to the liver include cascara, chaparral, comfrey, kava and ephedra.
• Vitamin supplements. Children can develop inflammation of the liver of liver damage if they take large doses of vitamin supplements - often mistaken for candy.
• Industrial chemicals.  Common chemicals that can injur the liver include the dry cleaning solvent carbon tetrachloride, a substance used to make plastics called vinyl chloride, the herbicide paraquat and a group of industrial chemicals called polychlorinated biphenyls.

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