What are the symptoms of pain in the liver?

Pain in the liver area must be taken seriously by the patient, because if the pain in the liver area is not resolved for a long time, it will cause serious damage to the health of the liver and even induce serious liver disease. Therefore, many patients with pain in the liver area want to fully understand what the symptoms are. The following is a detailed introduction so that you can have a comprehensive understanding.

Cirrhosis

Many patients with mild cirrhosis have no symptoms, do not feel pain in the liver area, and appear healthy for many years. Symptomatic patients may experience weakness, loss of appetite, nausea, and weight loss, along with an enlarged liver. Some patients with cirrhosis may experience liver pain, which is mostly a dull pain in the liver area. Therefore, liver pain should not be the main manifestation of cirrhosis. If pain occurs in the liver area, it may be caused by other reasons.

hepatitis

Hepatitis has many symptoms, including liver pain. Liver pain in the acute phase of hepatitis is caused by a translucent "liver capsule" covering the liver, which is covered with abundant sensory nerve endings. During the acute stage of hepatitis, the cells in the liver have varying degrees of inflammatory swelling, and the entire liver swells, causing the entire capsule to become tight, affecting the sensory nerve endings on the capsule and causing pain.

Hepatitis B virus carrier

There are many hepatitis B virus carriers with normal liver function, but they always feel discomfort and pain in the liver area, which is considered to be a psychological suggestion of the patient or a non-specific indicator of liver disease. To identify whether liver pain is caused by liver tissue inflammation or emotional disorders. Experts conducted an investigation and research on 49 hepatitis B virus carriers who complained of liver pain. The results showed that nearly 20% of patients with liver discomfort and liver pain had basically normal liver tissue, but had varying degrees of depression. Depression is the main cause of liver discomfort and liver pain. Depression is often manifested as low mood, unexplained fatigue, sleep disorders, depression, anxiety, lack of concentration, pessimism and disappointment, unlocalized and irregular pain in one or more parts of the body (pain in the liver area is the most common), decreased appetite accompanied by abdominal pain, constipation, diarrhea, etc.

Fatty liver

The cause of liver pain in fatty liver may be due to enlarged liver and excessive stretch of the liver capsule, which stimulates the sensory nerves on the liver capsule. It can also manifest as tenderness and percussion pain, which is more common in acute fatty liver. In very rare cases of fatty liver, severe pain in the liver area may occur, accompanied by rebound tenderness, fever, and increased peripheral white blood cell count, which may mimic acute abdomen and require surgical exploration. During the operation, the liver capsule was tense, the hepatic ligaments were stretched, the liver was enlarged and gray-yellow, and under the microscope, countless fatty cysts were ruptured and inflamed.

The above content comprehensively introduces the symptoms of pain in the liver area. After fully understanding the above introduction, you must pay attention to it. It is best to go to the hospital for a comprehensive examination to determine what disease you have and then receive correct treatment. I believe that through treatment, you can relieve the pain in your liver as soon as possible and recover as soon as possible through treatment.