Liver Disease Symptoms

Liver Disease Symptoms

Liver disease is otherwise medically called as hepatic disease and the word hepatic denotes the liver. Any disease that affects the liver is called liver disease. Liver diseases are many and they may be either functional or organic. Most of the liver diseases are accompanied by the symptoms of jaundice which is characterized by color changes in to yellow in eyes and skin. The bilirubin is the cause for the yellow color appearance which is formed by the break up of the hemoglobin from the dead red blood cells. The liver is taking over the function of removing the bilirubin from the blood stream and it discharges or excretes the same through bile.
Diseases of the liver :

Inflammation of the liver is called hepatitis. It is caused by several viruses, autoimmunity and alcohol and by certain hereditary conditions.

Cirrhosis or steatohepatitis is a condition of the liver where unwanted and abnormal quantity of fat is deposited by obese persons. This is also called as non alcoholic fatty liver disease. This may eventually lead to hepatitis.

There is a condition in which the dead cells are replaced by fibrous tissue and this formation and replacement by fibrous tissue may be caused by virus, liver toxins and alcoholism.

Cancer of the liver is varying in classification. They may be caused by several causes. There are metastatic cancers, which usually originated from other parts of the body organs like gastrointestinal tract. Another form is hepatocellular carcinoma. The liver damage is also occurred by a condition in which the iron abundantly stored in the body and it causes liver damage and this disorder is called as haemochromatosis. It is only a hereditary disorder rarely occurs.

The copper content is stored abnormally in the body and it causes damage to liver. This is called Wilson’s disease.

Autoimmune disorder of the small bile ducts is called the primary biliary cirrhosis.

Obstruction of veins of the liver is caused by a disease called Budd-Chiari syndrome.

The important organs like heart and lung muscles are affected and the entire muscular system becomes weak by build up of glycogen in the liver. This disease is described as Glycogen storage disease type II.

Apart from this list, there are many liver diseases including children liver diseases.