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Liver
Pain
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Liver Pain- Liver problems & abdominal pain
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What are the causes of liver pain? It is usually caused by
a myriad of ailments. Having a dull ache in the upper right-hand of
the torso underneath the rib cage?
You may be suffering from liver pain. It can also be a sharp pain.
The pain location may differ slightly. In some cases, back pain may
be felt together with liver pain. As liver pain is similar to abdominal
pain, sufferers often mistake it for the other.
Too much alcohol
consumption causes liver pain. Alcoholism causes liver scarring,
also known as cirrhosis, which is a result from chronic liver disease.
Cirrhosis is the most common liver pain causes. Cirrhosis is also caused
by other factors, such as toxins, infections, or many other inherited
diseases.
Most Common Forms of Liver Pain - symptoms of liver problem
The most common forms of liver problems and pain are listed as below.
Bearn-Kunkel syndrome - Characterized by very high levels of blood gammaglobulin, liver damage, and plasma cells increase, this is a form of auto-immune liver disease.
Budd-Chiari syndrome - This is the hepatic veins occlusion. The symptoms are ascites, abdominal pain, and hepatomegaly.
Cholangitis - Inflammation of the bile duct, also known as cholangitis.
Congestive cardiac failure - Characterized by abnormal sodium, breathlessness and water retention, this common condition is an infectious viral infection. It generally does not have any symptoms except for those with weak immune systems and infants.
Dubin-Johnson Syndrome - This is an inherited and rare condition which causes chronic mild jaundice by the impairment of bilirubin metabolism results.
Epstein-Barr virus - Common virus that causes mononucleosis.
Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome - This is a rare condition. The spread
of gonococcal or chlamydial infection in women causes an infection of
the thin layer surrounding the liver.
Hepatitis - Any type of inflammed or infected liver.
Gallstones - Stones in gall
bladder.
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