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Wear a mask, and if spraying inside, make surethe room is well venti- lated. When you spray, handle or know that insecticides are in the air -- wear a mask, hat, gloves and clothing to cover as much of your skin as possible. * Watch your diet. While poor nutntion is generally not a cause of liver disease - otherthan alcoholic liver disease and liver disease among starving populations -- eating a well-balanced and nounshing diet can helpyour Iver to properly do its job. Good nutation can also help a damaged hver to regenerate new cells; and in some lhver diseases, nutntion is an essential form of treatment. The Amencan Liver Foundation, however. strongly advises patients with liver disease \not to take megay itamin therapy of to use nutritional products bought in special stores or by catalogue without consulting a doctor.\ * Follow a regularexercise routine * Know the risks of hepatitis A, B and C and protect yourself from these dis eases Protect yourself from hepatitis Hepatius A. B and C are viral infec- uons that can cause inflammation of the liver. Hepautts A 1s spread through oral con- tact with contaminated fecal matter. You can help protect yourself by washing your hands after using the bathroom or chang- ing a diaper, by avonding contamunated water and -by not having oral/anal sex. Hepatitus B is transmitted through blood and body fluuds. To help protect yourself, avord having unprotected sex with - or using the razor or toothbrush of - an infected person, and do not inject illegal drugs. Hepautes C is spread prmanly through direct contact with blood, which can occur when contaminated needles are used to inject rHlegal drugs and for tattooing and body piercing. Avoiding these activities and unprotected sex with multiple part- ners can reduce yournsh of being infect ed withHepatius C Warning signs of liver problems Although many people who develop Your liver helps digest your food, detoxifies alcohol and other poisonous chemicals, manufactures proteins to help keep you healthy and much more. bver disorders and diseases have no symptoms. v arning signs sometimes can occur. Signs of Imver problems can include * Yellow discoloring of the eves orshin * Swelling of the abdomen or severe abdominal pain * Itching of the shin that lasts a long time * Very dark unne. or pale stools. ar bloody or tar-ltke stools * Chronic fatigue. nausea or the loms ot appetite Contmued on page B° This information is provided by the Medical Society of the State of New York (MSSNY) For more health relat- ed information and referrals to phy ctans in your community. contact vour local county medical secietv at 1400 (phones. 8811212 (fas on stuse ms @ aol com temuaili Michael E. 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