What Is Cirrhosis?
4. What Are the Symptoms?
The symptoms of cirrhosis can vary depending on what stage of the disease you are in. Early signs include fatigue, weakness, nausea, a lack of appetite and unexplained weight loss. Some people experience pain in the upper right portion of their abdomen.
As the disease progresses, other symptoms may develop. The most common ones include yellowing of the skin, confusion, itchy patches of skin and a tendency to bruise easily. Bloating or swelling in the legs and then the abdomen may occur as the liver is unable to flush fluids from the body. Unfortunately, many of these symptoms of liver disease do not appear until there is fairly extensive damage to the liver.
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