Shin barasa yana ƙara haɗarin ciwon hanta? Don wannan tambayar, mun sami ingantattun amsoshi daga wasu masana da furofesoshi a Cibiyar Kiwon Lafiya ta Ilimin Kiwon Lafiya ta Jami'ar Kudancin California. Yawan shan giya na iya haifar da ciwon hanta, wanda shine gaskiyar da aka kafa. Idan an gano cutar da wuri, marasa lafiya suna da ƙarin zaɓuɓɓukan magani, don haka dubawa shine mabuɗin.
To, menene dalilan ciwon hanta? A mafi yawan lokuta, ciwon daji na hanta yana haifar da cirrhosis, wanda ke haifar da kumburi da tabon hanta. Akwai manyan dalilai guda uku na cirrhosis: Hepatitis B da Hepatitis C; steatohepatitis mara-giya (NASH). NASH yana haifar da hanta mai kitse, kuma abubuwan da ke haifar da haɗari sun haɗa da kiba, tiyata ta ciki, yawan cholesterol da nau'in ciwon sukari na 2. Wasu marasa lafiyar NASH suna kamuwa da kansar hanta kai tsaye ba tare da cirrhosis ba. Kiba da masu shan giya suma suna fuskantar kasada biyu. Dalili na uku shine cutar hanta ta giya.
Yawancin masu shaye-shaye na lokaci-lokaci ba za su kamu da cutar cirrhosis na barasa ba. Wata amintacciyar hanya don kare kanka daga cutar hanta ta barasa ita ce guje wa shan giya gaba ɗaya. Mutanen da ke shan barasa da yawa suna da haɗarin cutar kansar hanta. Don haka, ya kamata a duba mutanen da suka sha da yawa don ciwon hanta. Tsarin tantancewa yana da sauƙi kuma ba mai haɗari ba, kuma likita zai yi gwajin duban dan tayi na hanta don gano cysts, toshe ko cututtuka a cikin hanta da kuma duba ciwon daji. Idan an sami rashin daidaituwa a kan duban dan tayi, likita zai ƙayyade idan kana buƙatar ƙarin gwaje-gwaje, irin su CT scans, MRI, ko gwajin furotin na alpha-fetal, wanda zai iya gane ciwon daji.
