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What Causes Fatty Liver Pain After Drinking Alcohol?

i am 31 yrs. i have drinking habbit from age of 16 now every day. 2 days before severe pain in right side lungs below. i feel my liver is fatty. now i am affraid too much. i consult a doctor he just said fatty liver but ok but i feel nervous and serious of fatty liver. what are the symptoms for serious affect /damage of liver and how to control it. wheather it will lead to death? please advise
Tue, 23 Jun 2015
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Answer:
People who drink alcohol have an increased risk of developing liver disease.You can spend 20 years damaging their liver and not feeling sick, because the liver has enormous reserves so that you can damage a lot of it and it can still do all of its jobs.So, happens a hidden damage, you can diagnose it by doing liver function tests.
Early symptoms of liver disease can include:
fatigue, nausea,vomiting,diarrhoea,abdominal pain
Later stage liver damage symptoms are more serious, they include:
jaundice (yellow skin),vomiting blood,fatigue,weakness, loss of appetite,itching,easy bruising
swelling of the legs ankles,
or abdomen liver cancer
bleeding in the gut
increased sensitivity to alcohol and drugs.
When you develop cirrhosis the liver stops working completely.There is not much to do in this stage.
Fatty liver is generally a reversible stage of liver damage, if you stop drinking alcohol, and it doesn't predispose to any chronic form of liver disease if abstinence or moderation is maintained.

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What Causes Fatty Liver Pain After Drinking Alcohol?

Hello! Thank you for asking Healthcaremagic! I understand your concern! Answer: People who drink alcohol have an increased risk of developing liver disease.You can spend 20 years damaging their liver and not feeling sick, because the liver has enormous reserves so that you can damage a lot of it and it can still do all of its jobs.So, happens a hidden damage, you can diagnose it by doing liver function tests. Early symptoms of liver disease can include: fatigue, nausea,vomiting,diarrhoea,abdominal pain Later stage liver damage symptoms are more serious, they include: jaundice (yellow skin),vomiting blood,fatigue,weakness, loss of appetite,itching,easy bruising swelling of the legs ankles, or abdomen liver cancer bleeding in the gut increased sensitivity to alcohol and drugs. When you develop cirrhosis the liver stops working completely.There is not much to do in this stage. Fatty liver is generally a reversible stage of liver damage, if you stop drinking alcohol, and it doesn t predispose to any chronic form of liver disease if abstinence or moderation is maintained. Hope my answer was helpful!