Liver damage can include anything from heredity (i.e., inherited from a family member), toxicity (i.e., due to chemicals or viruses) to a long-term disease (i.e., Cirrhosis) that can affect your liver for the rest of your life.
The liver helps the body digest food, absorb nutrients, and eliminate toxic substances. Without this abdominal organ you wouldn’t able to live.
Here are the ten telling signs of a damaged liver…
1. Swollen Abdomen
Cirrhosis, the serious progression of liver disease, causes fluid build-up in the abdomen (a condition referred to as Ascites), as levels of albumin and proteins in the blood and fluid are retained. This may actually make the patient appear pregnant.
2. Jaundice
Discolored skin and eyes that take on a yellowish hue is symptomatic of liver damage. This yellowing of the skin and whites of the eyes results as bilirubin (a bile pigment) builds-up in the blood and is unable to be eliminated as waste from the body.
3. Abdominal Tenderness
Abdominal pain, particularly in the upper right corner of the abdomen, or to the lower right portion of the rib cage, is a telling sign of liver damage.
4. Urine Changes
Urine may become dark yellow in color due to increased levels of bilirubin in the body’s bloodstream, which the damaged liver is unable to eliminate via excretion through the kidneys.
5. Irritated Skin
Itchy skin that doesn’t seem to go away and develops into a flaky rash is another sign of liver damage as the body’s lack of fluid flow manifests on the surface of the skin in thick, flaky, itchy patches of skin.
6. Stool Changes
With liver damage often come several changes in bowel movement, for instance, you might notice periods of constipation, irritable bowel syndrome, or stool may turn pale in color, tar-colored, or contain traces of blood.
7. Nausea
Digestive issues, including indigestion and acid reflux can rear its ugly head with liver damage, and even lead to vomiting attacks.
8. Loss of Appetite
Liver damage the progresses into liver failure without medical attention can cause appetite loss that results in severe weight loss. In case where patients are severely malnourished, nutrients must be given intravenously.
9. Fluid Retention
Fluid is also typically retained in the legs, ankles, and feet, a condition referred to as Oedema, which is characterized by a seriously damaged liver. When you press down on the swollen areas of skin, you will notice that the imprint will remain for a few seconds after the finger is lifted.
10. Exhaustion
Chronic fatigue, muscle and mental weakness, memory loss, and even confusion, and eventually coma are common when a damaged liver progresses to liver failure.
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