Nov 14, 2011
Jeannie

Hair Coloring Sickens Our Liver

Stop dyeing if you don’t have gray hair yet and do your best to quit smoking! These two “defects” together constitute a risk factor for liver disease installation, according to a British study, involving 5,000 people.

Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC), an early form of cirrhosis is an autoimmune disease leading to progressive destruction of bile ducts. Thus, bile fluid flow is stopped, jumps over, eventually destroying blood and liver tissue in the area.

Scientists say that the environment plays an important role in setting PBC and incidence among women is significantly higher than among men (90% of cases of disease are women).

In addition, the likelihood that people will be diagnosed with PBC subsequently diagnosed with another autoimmune disease like rheumatoid arthritis, thyroid disease or celiac disease is very high. In 5000 the group surveyed, 63% of those diagnosed with PBC were smokers and 50% of women suffer from the same disease his hair colored.

Experts were unable to identify the substance responsible for the appearance of hair dyes CBP, but previous research has attracted attention octynoic acid. This is a common ingredient ingredients list met hair dyes and nail polish for nails.

How many of you have changed hair color in the last six months?

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