How does the liver hurt - women's symptoms

Doctors call the liver disease with a quiet disease. Since a person begins to feel pain when the organ is significantly affected and requires treatment. This is especially true for the female half, as women often write off the pain on premenstrual syndrome, bowel disease or stomach. In our article, we will look at the causes of the liver disease and how to identify them on time.

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What diseases are characteristic of the liver?

The liver is a vital organ. It performs the main function in the form of blood purification, contributes to the destruction of hazardous toxic substances and poisonous impurities. According to statistics, liver diseases suffer from people who were born and live in an industrial city, abuse alcohol and smoke for more than 5 years. The most common liver diseases include:

• hepatitis of different shapes and species (the specific type is established by collecting blood and urine tests);
• inflammatory liver processes, liver colic;
• liver failure;
• cirrhosis (one of the most dangerous forms of the liver disease, most often develops in alcohol and drug-dependent patients);
• the development of a benign, malignant tumor or the presence of metastasis in the liver.

It is also worth noting that liver disease can be congenital or hereditary. The chronic disease of the liver can affect the course of chemotherapy, long use of antibiotics and other serious medications.

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How does a woman's liver hurt?

If a woman already has a liver disease, then the first symptom is stupid, but completely tangible pain under the right edge. The level of pain depends on the degree of illness. Pain can be felt throughout the day and even stay after taking painkillers. In addition to the explicit sign of the liver disease, it is worth paying attention to other symptoms:

• the general state of lethargy, (if the pain is accompanied by a total fatigue, a person does not feel the tide of energy, resides in a state of depression);
• binding and dry mouth (even if you drank water, but dry dryness is preserved, this indicates a violation of the liver);
• changes in color of the language (it acquires a brightly raspberry shade);
• yellow color of the skin, yellowed eye proteins (characteristic of hepatitis and other serious diseases, inpatient treatment is urgently needed);
• palms changed the color and became red;
• violation of the digestive system (constipation changes to the diarrhea);
• tremor fingers at rest (also tremor is also observed at a well-stretched language);
• a lot of wiring appeared on the body (especially on eyelids and around the eyes);
• swelling and hair loss, nail fragility, violation of the growth of hair cover on the legs and armpits;
• loss of appetite and taste quality food (if you do not feel the taste of the cooked food or feel it with bitterness, then this indicates the dysfunction of the liver work);
• a sharp weight loss (at the same time you did not play sports, did not experience stress and did not follow the diet for weight loss).

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How to check the presence of diseases?

After you revealed several similar signs of the liver disease, you need to visit the doctor, to obtain a specific, accurate diagnosis and treatment of treatment. The patient can refer to the therapist or hepatologist. First of all, the doctor conducts an external examination of the patient, proves the liver area to check its dimensions. If the liver is enlarged, then the output can be done immediately. Also, to confirm or denial the diagnosis, it is necessary:

• make ultrasound liver (ultrasound indicates the exact dimensions of the liver, the presence or absence of neoplasms, etc.);
• pass the overall urine analysis;
• general blood analysis;
• MRI liver (gives a more accurate idea of \u200b\u200bthe violation of the liver, is assigned if the ultrasound did not disclose complete information of the organ).

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How to protect yourself from liver diseases?

Each one knows that the prevention of the disease is the best way to prevent the development of the disease. So that the liver does not disturb you, it is necessary:

• follow the right nutrition (limit yourself in the use of fast food, do not overeat and not starve);
• throw bad habits (smoking, alcohol, drugs - the most dangerous enemies of the liver);
• spend more time in the fresh air (walk in the park at least 1 hour a day, go beyond the city);
• exercise.

Do not deal with self-medication, at the first signs of the disease, contact the hospital.