What Is Fatty Liver Disease?
5. Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis Symptoms
If fatty liver disease progresses to nonalcoholic steatohepatitis then symptoms are likely to become rather more noticeable. One of these is jaundice as the liver struggles to remove bilirubin from the blood as well as it usually would. This causes yellow skin and other symptoms like itchy skin.
Other potential symptoms include ascites, which is a swollen abdomen. An enlarged spleen is another potential symptom. Blood vessels just below the skin can also become enlarged, and the patient will also sometimes develop red palms. Anybody showing these symptoms should speak with a doctor if they have not done so already.
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