A 34-year-old member asked:
will i feel much pain if i injure my liver?
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Dr. Charles Cattano answered
Gastroenterology 39 years experience
Depends on injury: The liver has a capsule covering that contains nerve endings. Either stretch the capsule due to liver enlargement or bleeding, or puncture the capsule due to trauma of any kind, and you have the possibility of considerable discomfort. Infections, infiltrative disease, cirrhosis may not register with a lot of pain but certainly place the liver at risk. Manifestions of end-stage disease can kill.
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A member asked:
My liver is wrapped around spleen what does that mean I've been goin through pain since aug?
1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in
Dr. Shahid Rafique answered
Internal Medicine 44 years experience
Not interpretable: Your description is uninterpretable.
5194 viewsAnswered >2 years ago
Canada
A 39-year-old male asked:
Can you feel pain when you're diagnosed with liver steatosis?
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Dr. Dan Fisher answered
Internal Medicine 27 years experience
Sometimes.: Pain in the liver with steatosis? Depends upon the degree and the rapidity with which the fatty infiltration occurs and whether or not there is another liver disorder. Generally no.
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Saudi Arabia
A 52-year-old male asked:
If pain under right rib area gets aggrevated with movement then does this mean it is not liver related pain?
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Dr. Dean Giannone answered
Internal Medicine 25 years experience
Not specific: Neither the presence nor absence of pain increased with movement identifies such a pain as liver-related, unfortunately.
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