There are many popular science articles on liver disease that have mentioned that the early symptoms of liver disease are not typical and obvious, and patients can even have no abnormal performance.
This is also true, because the liver's original compensatory capacity is so strong that even if the liver cells are damaged to only 30%, the liver can do the basic work. Moreover, due to the lack of peripheral nerve distribution inside the liver, the liver is unable to sense and transmit pain signals, so that early liver disease is basically devoid of typical symptoms.
However, as liver disease continues to develop and liver cells are severely damaged, patients also have different symptoms, such as "jaundice" is one of them. Because the typical symptom of jaundice is yellowing of the skin, some people in real life, as long as the face is yellow, will think of jaundice, liver disease, and thus fall into a state of fear, worry and anxiety.
So the question is, is the yellow face a bad liver?
First of all, yellowing is divided into two categories: non-pathological and pathological, the so-called non-pathological yellowing, mostly related to the intake of too much yellow food, long-term malnutrition, anemia, long-term mental depression and other factors. Affected by these factors, it leads to a decrease in the metabolic function of the body, mental atrophy, or a large amount of yellow pigment deposits, and then develops into a dry yellowish complexion symptom;
Pathological yellowing refers to jaundice. In most cases, jaundice in adults is basically related to the arrival of liver disease, such as acute hepatitis, cirrhosis, liver cancer and other diseases, which can cause damage to the patient's liver cells, resulting in a decrease in the ability of the liver to absorb and metabolize bilirubin, a large amount of bilirubin in the blood accumulation and wandering, and eventually causing the patient's face and body skin, mucosa and sclera abnormal yellowing, it is one of the most typical signs of liver disease.
However, due to the yellowing of the face caused by liver disease, patients are often accompanied by many other physical discomforts, such as long-term progressive exhaustion and fatigue, loss of appetite, liver pain and so on. At the same time, under the influence of abnormal bilirubin metabolism, a large number of bile salts will also be deposited in the patient's body, and the peripheral nerves on the surface of the skin will be stimulated, resulting in refractory skin itching.
That being the case, after being diagnosed with liver disease, how can we avoid further damage to the liver?
1. Active treatment
Although the liver has a strong compensatory and regenerative capacity, if the patient has liver disease but does not actively treat, especially alcoholic liver disease, viral hepatitis patients, if not actively controlled in the future may develop liver fibrosis, cirrhosis, and may even develop cancerous.
Therefore, as long as the diagnosis of acute and chronic liver disease, no matter which type, should be the first time to cooperate with the doctor to start comprehensive treatment, the earlier intervention in the treatment of liver disease, the better the prognosis effect;
2. Life adjustment
If there is chronic liver disease, treatment is only one aspect, and the next thing the patient has to do is to adjust from the aspects of life and diet, away from various factors that may cause liver damage. For example, patients should maintain a light and balanced food intake, quit drinking as soon as possible, maintain adequate sleep, maintain an optimistic and cheerful attitude, and so on.
In general, the appearance of yellowish face may not be a signal of the arrival of liver disease, and everyone should make a comprehensive judgment through many aspects. If there is a recent sudden abnormal yellowing of the face, and accompanied by multiple abnormal symptoms such as yellow staining of the sclera and mucous membranes, strong brown color of urine, clay color of stool, etc., this may really be the manifestation of the arrival of liver disease, and it is necessary to seek medical attention for screening in time.