The liver is called the most silent organ, silly big. The reason for this nickname is that most liver diseases in the early stage, the symptoms are not typical and obvious, and some patients can even have no symptoms.
And this is because the liver is the only organ in the human body that has regenerative function, is extremely compensatory, and has no peripheral nerve distribution!
It is precisely because of this that the vast majority of liver disease patients in China, such as cirrhosis and liver cancer patients, have reached the advanced stage or even the terminal stage when diagnosing the disease, so the prognosis of liver cirrhosis and liver cancer has not been optimistic.
In fact, in the clinical view, liver disease is not without warning, because the liver involves multiple functions, so when liver disease continues to develop, patients will have different symptoms.
For example, when the following symptoms come to you, beingware is a sign of liver disease to report:
1. Decreased appetite
In recent days, it is obvious that I feel that my appetite is getting worse and worse, especially I am not interested in greasy food, and after eating, I have also experienced bloating, nausea and vomiting, diarrhea and other symptoms, which may not be gastrointestinal disease, but a signal of the arrival of liver disease.
Because as the function of liver cells continues to decline, the liver's own ability to secrete bile, synthesize and store nutrients will decrease, and liver disease will develop to a serious extent, and may also be combined with portal hypertension, ascites and other problems, which in turn will affect digestive function.
However, most patients tend to think that this is just an ordinary chronic digestive tract disease and then neglect the examination;
2. Fatigue and exhaustion
As mentioned above, liver disease can be combined with digestive disorders, which in itself will lead to malnutrition, less energy provided to the various tissues and muscles of the body, and then symptoms such as muscle swelling and weakness.
At the same time, the decline in liver function will also affect the synthesis of cholinesterase, resulting in muscle-conduction dysfunction in patients, and then affected by glucose metabolism disorders, vitamin and protein deficiencies, patients can have persistent, progressive fatigue and fatigue, and often can not be relieved after a long period of rest;
3. Pain in the liver area
This is often the first symptom of cirrhosis, liver cancer, acute hepatitis and other diseases, which is manifested by persistent or intermittent dull pain and swelling pain in the right upper quadriparts and middle and upper abdomen of the patient, and sometimes the pain may also involve the right shoulder and lower back.
However, this pain does not come from the liver itself, but the liver envelope is hypertrophied and enlarged, deformed liver overextended and stretched, and there is a certain distribution of nerves and receptors on the liver envelope, and then there are symptoms of pain in the liver area;
4, Hepatic ascites
Ascites is also known clinically as "intra-abdominal effusion", which is often the manifestation of the arrival of severe liver disease, such as decompensation of cirrhosis, advanced liver cancer, etc., the patient's liver function is seriously impaired, resulting in hypoproteinemia, and patients often have problems such as portal hypertension, hepatic vein cancer embolism, etc., and cancer cells may also infiltrate into the peritoneum, resulting in a large amount of fluid accumulated in the abdominal cavity, which then develops into intraperitoneal effusion;
5. Endocrine disorders
The liver is an organ that balances endocrine, and a large number of hormones produced by the human body need to be inactivated in the liver, including estrogen. At the same time, liver function is also directly related to the operation of the hypothalamus and adrenal glands.
When the liver is severely damaged, patients can have endocrine disorders, a large amount of estrogen accumulation in the blood, melanin production, and then a series of endocrine abnormalities, such as liver palms, spider moles, liver disease face and so on.
The above five symptoms are common manifestations of chronic liver disease. It cannot be denied that there are indeed no typical symptoms in the early stages of liver disease, and it is true that there can be no symptoms at all.
Therefore, in the daily life of high-risk groups, it is not only necessary to observe abnormal changes in the body, but also need to do a good job of regular physical examination, so that liver disease can not be hidden.