What happens to the body as the liver begins to fail?
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Liver failure is a life-threatening condition that demands urgent medical care. Most often liver failure occurs gradually and over many years. However, a more rare condition known as acute liver failure occurs rapidly (in as little as 48 hours) and can be difficult to detect initially.
The initial symptoms of liver failure are often ones that can be due to any number or conditions. Because of this, liver failure may be initially difficult to diagnose. Early symptoms include
Nausea
Loss of appetite
Fatigue
Diarrhea
However, as liver failure progresses, the symptoms become more serious, requiring urgent care. These symptoms include
Jaundice
Bleeding easily
Swollen abdomen
Mental disorientation or confusion (known as hepatic encephalopathy)
Sleepiness
Coma
That is a very complex question as the liver is a very complex organ. For the most part, the person will get weak, loose weight, become jaundice (yellow in color), toxins will build up in the body. There can be abdominal swelling. Now, if someone is only suspicious and has not gone to the doctor, they should immediately. There is a disease called hepatitis which is a swelling and infection of the liver that for the most part can be treated and cured, so time should not be wasted.
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