{"id":34633,"date":"2018-04-04T22:16:48","date_gmt":"2018-04-04T21:16:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.elcrema.com\/?p=34633"},"modified":"2018-04-04T22:16:48","modified_gmt":"2018-04-04T21:16:48","slug":"signs-you-may-have-a-liver-condition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elcrema.com\/signs-you-may-have-a-liver-condition\/","title":{"rendered":"SIGNS YOU MAY HAVE A LIVER CONDITION"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elcrema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/man-in-hospiatal-bed.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25610\" src=\"https:\/\/www.elcrema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/man-in-hospiatal-bed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.elcrema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/man-in-hospiatal-bed.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.elcrema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/man-in-hospiatal-bed-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Liver failure is a life-threatening condition that requires hospitalisation. Many people do not have any liver damage symptoms until serious liver problems have already developed slowly and silently.<\/p>\n<p>Liver failure occurs if the liver has lost all of its function due to cirrhosis caused by different liver diseases.<\/p>\n<p>We will discuss signs and symptoms of liver failure in this post.<\/p>\n<p>So what are the common causes of cirrhosis?<\/p>\n<p>1. Hepatitis B &amp; C<\/p>\n<p>2. Alcohol-related Liver<\/p>\n<p>3. Disease<\/p>\n<p>4. Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) &amp; Non-alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH)<\/p>\n<p>5. Autoimmune Hepatitis<\/p>\n<p>6. Bile duct disease such as Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC) and Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC)<\/p>\n<p>7. Metabolic diseases such as Hemochromatosis, Wilson disease and Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency<\/p>\n<p>Now that we know the aforementioned, what are the symptoms and signs of liver failure caused by cirrhosis?<\/p>\n<p>For some people, cirrhosis is diagnosed unintentionally. Cirrhosis often does not have any specific signs and symptoms in the early stage. The non-specific symptoms may be:<\/p>\n<p>1. Nausea<\/p>\n<p>2. Loss of appetite<\/p>\n<p>3. Fatigue<\/p>\n<p>4. Diarrhea<\/p>\n<p>5. Jaundice (yellowing of the skin and whiteness of the eyes)<\/p>\n<p>As cirrhosis progresses, symptoms and complications can appear that make it apparent that the liver is not doing well.<\/p>\n<p>These could be the symptoms of Hepatic Encephalopathy (HE) and other complications due to cirrhosis. In addition to Hepatic Encephalopathy (HE), following complications are signs of liver damage or cirrhosis:<\/p>\n<p>1. Fluid buildup and painful swelling of the legs (edema) and abdomen (ascites)<\/p>\n<p>2. Bruising and bleeding easily.<\/p>\n<p>3. Enlarged veins in the lower esophagus (esophageal varices) and stomach (gastropathy).<\/p>\n<p>4. Enlarged spleen (splenomegaly)<\/p>\n<p>5. Stone-like particles in gallbladder and bile duct (gallstones)<\/p>\n<p>6. Liver cancer (hepatocellular carcinoma)<\/p>\n<p>A Chronic liver failure indicates that the liver has been failing gradually, possibly for years.<\/p>\n<p>If the liver is failing, a liver transplant may be needed in some cases.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liver failure is a life-threatening&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25610,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[2584],"tags":[2837],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elcrema.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34633"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elcrema.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elcrema.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elcrema.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elcrema.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34633"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.elcrema.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34633\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34636,"href":"https:\/\/www.elcrema.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34633\/revisions\/34636"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elcrema.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elcrema.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elcrema.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elcrema.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}