When we check liver function, we often hear that we say that the three major items of liver function, aminotransferases, bilirubin and albumin, albumin level is closely related to liver synthesis function, once the liver has problems, albumin level decreases, it is easy to cause liver ascites, lower limb edema and other problems, today we will focus on knowing albumin!
First, albumin is synthesized by the liver, and after the liver synthesizes albumin, it is released into the bloodstream, and then transported to various tissues and organs of the body through the blood, which plays a role in supplementing nutrition and energy.
The second aspect is to regulate blood osmolality, which plays an important role in eliminating ascites or interstitial edema, and the transfusion of human blood albumin in our ascites patients is to assist in regulating blood osmotic pressure through exogenous albumin, and then eliminate ascites or edema.
The third aspect has the role of transporting and regulating substances. For example, in order for the drug we take to work, it must be transported to a certain place with the help of albumin for biological transformation, so that it can play a role in the drug. In addition, bacteria or toxins that enter the human body also need albumin to be transported, bound to a certain part of the body, and then reduced to eliminate from the body.
The fourth point is immune function, albumin plays an important role in the immune system, it participates in the synthesis and regulation of antibodies, and can enhance the body's immune defense ability.
The fifth point is to protect and regulate the function of organs, albumin has a protective and regulatory effect on the function of multiple organs, in the kidney to participate in the maintenance of glomerular filtration rate and urine production, in the liver albumin is involved in the synthesis and transport of bile, regulate the metabolism of cholesterol.