Some Signs & Symptoms for the Most Common Liver Disorders
What is Liver Disease?
Liver is one of the biggest solid organs of our
body. It is placed in upper right part of the abdomen. The largest part of the
organ lies under cover of the rib cage.
Liver diseases may differ in causation.
They may be of short period, long term or acute
liver disease, chronic liver disease. An
acute or sensitive liver disease may also change into chronic liver disease
over time.
A number of liver diseases are caused by infective
viruses similar to Hepatitis virus (A, B and C).
Liver diseases also effect from taking in some drugs
or alcohol over long term. Occasionally the diseased liver over long term turn
into shrunken and scarred.
Such a condition is called cirrhosis. Like
additional organs liver can also be afflicted with cancers.
Liver Function
It is not just the size of liver but also its tasks that makes it so
significant.
Its main functions include processing
food that passes through the gut and converting it into energy that can be
utilized by body.
It is as well a powerful
detoxification midpoint that handles many chemicals, alcohol, poisons and
toxins plus drugs and clears the blood.
Liver also makes bile and stores it in
a small pouch like organ called gall bladder. This bile helps in digestion
mainly fats.
Hepatitis:
- Abdominal pain
- Jaundice
- Dark urine
- Enlarged liver
- diarrhea
- Joint aches
- Fatigue
- Loss of appetite
- Dark urine
- Itchy skin
- flu -symptoms
- Yellowing of your skin
- Upper right side abdominal tenderness
Alcoholic Liver Disease:
- Dry mouth
- Fatigue weight gain
- Fever
- Jaundice
- loss of appetite
- vomiting blood
- Breast development in males
Primary Liver Cancer: - Yellow discoloration of the blood
- Enlarged liver
- Abdominal pain
- Weight loss
- Nausea
Liver Cirrhosis:
It is normally considered as 4th
stage of alcoholic liver disease and causes liver harm severely.
- Abdominal pain
- Easy bruising
- Dark colored urine
- Itchy hands and feet
- Loss of interest in sex
- Swelling in abdomen & legs
- Insulin resistance and Type II diabetes
