Question 1

what are signs if your liver is bad?

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Sick liver: Flags for poor liver health could include yellow skin and yellowing of the whites of the eyes; dark urine; very light colored, black or bloody feces; nausea; lack of appetite; skin itching; pain or swelling of the abdomen and feeling exhausted.

Question 2

what are obvious signs that your liver is failing?

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Jaundice: Accumulation of fluid in the belly, vomiting of blood, eyes becoming yellow, mental confusion from high ammonia and worsening liver tests.

Question 3

what are the signs of liver dehydration?

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Dehydration: Dehydration will cause liver damage but there is no such thing as liver dehydration. Liver damage can cause clotting factor problems leading to bleeding. Also ammonia levels can be elevated and cause liver failure.

Question 4

what are the signs of a damaged liver from alcohol?

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Many...: There are many manifestations of liver disease.  They include skin findings of jaundice, red "spiders" skin spots, red palms, bruising; lab abnormalities e.g. Elevated lfts, low platelets, low albumin, elevated inr; and abnormal imaging of the liver with us, ct or mri.  See your doctor if you are concerned.  Good luck!

Question 5

what are liver failure signs ?

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There are many: And they include but not limited to: fatigue, liver enzymes that are very elevated, ammonia levels may be high. Fluid imbalance with ascites and jaundiced. Hope that helps

Question 6

what is low liver enzymes a sign of?

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Means nothing: I'm assuming you have no obvious health problems. The reference ranges are set up so that several percent of healthy folks will be out of the range on either side. Low 'zymes never mean anything in a person who seems healthy.

Question 7

what are some signs of liver failure?

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Many: Confusion, skin color and the eyes turn yellow, there is a change to very dark urine(coca cola color) then belly might enlarge with fluid, the legs can begin to swell. If any of these are suspected please see your doctor immediately.

Question 8

what are signs of fatty liver disease?

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Abnormal LFTs: there's NAFLD (nonalcoholic fatty liver disease) which is just fat in the liver, and more of it than usual - and NASH (nonalcoholic steatohepatitis) which is when that fat gets inflamed.  the latter if not controlled, can lead to cirrhosis over time. Signs are typically elevated ALT (more so than AST) and increased echogenicity on ultrasounds.  often associated with 'metabolic syndrome'.

Question 9

what are the first signs of liver failure?

Accepted Answer

See Below: Yellow eyes(sclerae) or jaundice, leg swelling, abdominal swelling (ascites), loss of muscle mass, sleep pattern changes, cold intolerance, bleeding, confusion(encephalopathy) etc....

Question 10

what are some early signs of liver damage?

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Can be subtle: The liver can suffer a lot of damage before it becomes apparent that something is wrong, which is why it is so important to be screened for common causes, like hepatitis b and c, while you feel normal. Often early symptoms are fatigue and just not feeling well. Later symptoms of advanced cirrhosis (severe scarring) include easy bleeding, swelling, yellow skin or eyes, breasts in men, etc.

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