According to Beijing Medical University Hospital (China), expert Rong Yihui said that the liver has almost no pain-sensing nerves, so early-stage diseases are often very difficult to recognize. When obvious symptoms appear such as abdominal pain or jaundice, the lesion may have progressed to cirrhosis or cirrhosis.
One of the common signs when liver function has problems is fatigue, lack of energy, and poor appetite. Patients may feel sluggish even when not doing heavy work, accompanied by bloating, nausea or discomfort when eating greasy foods.
According to expert Yang Baoshan, Head of the Department of Infectious Diseases, Harbin Medical University Hospital, symptoms such as loss of appetite, bloating, fear of greasy food, nausea and fatigue may appear in people with liver disease. However, these are not specific symptoms and need to be checked to determine the cause.
Jaundice and yellow eyes are signs that need special attention. When the skin or white of the eyes turns yellow, urine is dark yellow or like tea water, patients should see a doctor instead of waiting for symptoms to resolve on their own.
When liver disease progresses severely, the patient may experience bloating, fluid buildup in the abdominal cavity, or leg edema. This is not a simple manifestation of weight gain and needs to be assessed by a doctor.
The liver participates in producing a lot of protein necessary for blood clotting. Therefore, when liver function is seriously impaired, patients may be prone to bruises, bleeding, or blood clotting abnormalities.
This is a special sign that needs to be checked if it appears with jaundice, prolonged fatigue, large belly or unexplained weight loss.
One of the common mistakes is to assume that no pain in the liver area means the liver is still healthy. In fact, the liver is considered a "silent organ" because early-stage damage usually does not cause obvious symptoms. Xinhua quoted experts as emphasizing that proactive examination and screening is more important than waiting for the body to show symptoms.
Notably, not only people who drink a lot of alcohol are at risk of liver disease. Belly fat, overweight, diabetes, metabolic disorders and a high-energy diet are also related to the risk of fatty liver. Expert Rao Huiying, Director of the Institute of Liver Research at Peking University, warns that even people with normal weight should not be subjective about fatty liver.
Therefore, if you are often tired, have loss of appetite, jaundice, dark urine, abnormally large or easily bruised abdomen, patients should go for examination to be assessed. People at high risk such as people with diabetes, obesity, overweight, drinking a lot of alcohol or having viral hepatitis should also have their liver function checked periodically.
