Your Liver Might Be in Trouble: Here’s How to Tell

You might find yourself feeling tired all the time. Maybe fatigue has become a default mode of your body.

Well, it can indicate some of the very complicated and overlapping diseases. 

That is the scariest part of suffering from a fatty liver, it shows very subtle signs that it can go unidentified.

Let’s help you diagnose if it is fatty liver or just fatigue.

What Is Fatty Liver

Fatty liver is simply when your liver starts getting covered with fat, which can result in disruption of liver functions. 

At first, it is curable, but as it is left untreated, it can get worse and become untreatable as well.

Fatty liver is just the early stage, and it can progress to its further stages after years of unawareness of it.

Following are the stages

1. Fatty Liver (curable)
2. Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis (Late fatty liver stage, still curable)
3. Fibrosis (Liver starts to get scarred, but reversible)
4. Cirrhosis (Liver fully  scarred, leading to complete liver failure or liver cancer in some cases)

Early Subtle Signs

Here are some of the subtle signs that need your instant attention if they are present

Weakness

Do you feel weak in your body for no apparent reason? 

• If yes, then you need to see a healthcare professional. It is alarming, even if it is not because of fatty liver.

Feeling Tired All The Time

Is your energy always drained, and you can’t put yourself together to do anything at all?

• Our liver is the energy hub of our bodies, and if you are energy drained, then it is linked to the liver one way or another.

Fatigue

Do you feel persistent and often overwhelming exhaustion, physical or mental?

• It also indicates irregular body organ functioning, which needs to be consulted with a doctor.

Discomfort or Ache In the Right Side of the Abdomen

When your liver is getting covered with fat, it can add to its size, making it bigger. This can cause pain in the right side of the abdomen.

Late Sign Of A Fatty Liver

• Itchy Skins
• Oedema
• Ascities
• Jaundice
• Loss of Libido
• Foamy or Darker Urine

All of the above-mentioned signs are serious, yet not a clear indicator of just a fatty liver.

To be very sure if you have a fatty liver or not, you’ll need to have lab tests to clarify what’s causing these symptoms, because these symptoms are serious in nature.

Here is an online survey attached that you can fill out to be clearer about your liver condition: https://britishlivertrust.org.uk/at-risk-screener/

Labs and Imaging

If your body is showing any of these symptoms, your doctor would prefer to get you through some labs and imaging.

Blood tests:  raised ALT and AST levels in the blood can be a clear signal of a liver-related issue

Ultrasound: to have a clearer understanding of your liver’s current situation, the doctor would also prefer ultrasound tests, which can clearly show what’s going on with your liver.

Addressing The Persisting Issue

If you’re facing any of these symptoms, it is time to seek professional help. Whether it is going for the tests or seeing a doctor, you need to take a step forward to make it better. 

Because the earlier you detect, the earlier you can do something about your fatty liver.

If you need to get your labs and imaging done, you can get them done at WoW Health. We are always available to help you with our easy healthcare solutions.

Stay tuned for more updates, and always remember that courage is all it takes to get through it!