The liver is also known clinically as the most silent organ, silly big, because the liver has many other organs do not have characteristics, such as its very strong compensatory capacity, liver cells damaged to only 30%, it can complete the basic work.
And the liver does not have peripheral nerve distribution, has the ability to regenerate, so it will not easily hold the disease and cry out in pain.
These features may seem like the strengths of the liver, but they are fatal weaknesses for people with liver disease.
Because it is precisely because of the influence of liver characteristics, there are many chronic liver diseases that do not have obvious symptoms in the early stages, and patients can even have no abnormalities.
This undoubtedly leaves a huge space for the development of liver disease, and it is easy for patients to miss the best time for treatment.
Not only that, liver disease is also very good at disguise, because the liver itself involves a complex biotransformation function, involving the operation of multiple organs and systems, so even if there are symptoms, it is often difficult for patients to associate with liver disease.
So the question is, what symptoms are present that can really be related to liver disease?
1. Fatigue and fatigue: In mainland clinical practice, there are many patients with liver disease who have developed symptoms of fatigue and fatigue, and after a long period of rest, this fatigue has not been alleviated and disappeared.
The reason for this is because in the process of development of liver disease, it will affect the absorption and storage of nutrients, resulting in the lack of beneficial components such as vitamin E and protein in the patient's body, imbalance of nerve-muscle conduction function, and then symptoms such as muscle swelling and fatigue;
2, appetite decline: the liver is originally one of the digestive glands, its job is to produce bile, with the intestinal absorption of fat, fat-soluble vitamins, while the liver is also responsible for the conversion and synthesis of some nutrients.
Therefore, when liver function continues to decline, patients will experience symptoms such as loss of appetite, oil-averse nausea, vomiting and diarrhea.
When the liver is seriously damaged, it is often combined with problems such as portal hypertension and gastrointestinal congestion, which will also aggravate the gastrointestinal response;
3, jaundice symptoms: the main function of the liver is actually detoxification and metabolism, whether it is inside the human body or ingested toxic substances, will be converted in the liver, bilirubin is no exception. This orange-yellow substance is actually the most important pigment of bile.
When the liver has serious lesions, liver cells can not normally absorb and metabolize bilirubin, or bile excretion disorders, will cause bilirubin metabolism disorders, a large number of bilirubin with the blood circulation, gradually develop into hyperbilirubinemia, patients can therefore have obvious signs, such as sclera yellowing, skin yellowing, urine dark yellow, etc., are common symptoms;
4, endocrine disorders: the liver is also a balanced endocrine organ, some hormones in the body after the completion of work, will enter the liver to begin to decompose, metabolism.
After the liver function declines, the patient can develop endocrine disorders, which can induce a series of symptoms. For example, liver disease facial features, spider moles, liver palms, etc., are all manifestations of endocrine imbalance.
In addition to the above four typical symptoms, pain in the liver area, coagulation disorders, abdominal effusions, etc., may find patients with liver disease. From these symptoms, it is not difficult to see that the symptoms of liver disease are indeed very complex and easy to confuse the patient's judgment.
Therefore, if you often feel unwell recently, there are the above manifestations, and it is necessary to seek medical attention in time for related examinations.