Most liver diseases are asymptomatic until serious complications appear. Therefore, it is important to pay attention to all the signals that the body gives.
– If a person already has pain and the skin turns yellow, this means that severe tissue lesions of the liver have developed, it is they who provoke the two symptoms listed above. There are no pain receptors in the liver itself. This is the most striking example when the disease is much easier to prevent than to cure. Please note: if your liver has been subjected to serious overload – for example, you have worked with toxic substances, take medication for a long time – be examined regularly, – hepatologist Evgeny Romanov noted especially for Medikforum.< br>
One of the symptoms that the liver needs help is nighttime itching. As soon as a person relaxes, he begins to itch. This is due to a violation of the outflow of bile.
– As a rule, palms and soles, interdigital folds of hands and feet itch. Sometimes it is so exhausting that a person develops insomnia. Doctors have such a term – hepatic itching. It is caused by the accumulation in the deep layers of bile pigments that irritate the nerve endings, – said the expert.
Itching associated with liver disease usually does not cause a rash.
Symptoms of diseases liver:
- general weakness,
- chronic fatigue,
- increased body temperature,
- enlargement of the abdomen,
- loss of appetite,
- bitterness in the mouth,
- bloating,
- heaviness and pain in the right hypochondrium,
- yellowing of the skin, mucous membranes and sclera,
- discoloration of feces and urine,
- skin rashes.
What liver diseases are fatal?
Liver cirrhosis is a chronic disease in which there is a replacement of parenchymal liver tissue with connective tissue. The process is irreversible, the work of the organ is disrupted, death is possible.
Symptoms of liver cirrhosis:
- weakness;
- drowsiness, insomnia;
- irritability;
- bleeding from the nose and gums;
- loss of appetite;
- weight loss;< /li>
- frequent nausea;
- increased gas formation;
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