Liver disease may not show any symptoms at first, as symptoms can be vague. This includes weakness and loss of energy.
Other
symptoms include jaundice that is a disease of the gall bladder.
Jaundice is one of the main symptoms of liver disease. Jaundice can turn
the skin color to yellow. Another symptom is related to digestion and
appetite. Poor appetite is a very common symptom. It leads to loss of
weight and anemia. Along with this vomiting, nausea or diarrhea can also
manifest.
Another important symptom is light colored stool. Due
to the lack of bile production, the stool will appear light and can be
gray colored or pale.
Distention and bloating can be considered as another symptoms to watch out for and can cause a pain during breathing.
Polyuria or excess urination and polydypsia or excess thirst are the other symptoms typical of the liver disease.
Liver
cancer has symptoms that include weight loss and loss of appetite.
Abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting, fatigue, accumulation of fluid in
the abdomen, enlarged liver, change of color (yellowing) of the skin and
the whites of the eyes are also noticed. Bile duct obstruction has
symptoms like pale stools, dark urine, abdominal pain, jaundice,
vomiting, nausea and fever.
Portal hypertension that is a high
blood pressure in the portal veins has no symptoms. But complications
due to this disease can result in bloody vomiting and black, loose
stools from varices, ascites; and signs of brain disease called
encephalopathy.
Alcoholic liver disease has symptoms like loss of
appetite, nausea, swollen abdomen, jaundice, abdominal pain, ascites,
weight gain, mental confusion, excessive thirst, dry mouth and fatigue.
Additional symptoms include vomiting blood or black, paleness,
light-headedness or fainting, fluctuating mood and altered level of
consciousness.By
Kevin Stith
