What are the common symptoms of liver disease? Many patients, especially those with fatty liver, only find out they have liver disease when they are examined. This is because most symptoms of liver disease are insidious, and some liver diseases may not have symptoms in the early stages. The symptoms that occur in patients with liver disease are not the same for everyone, and the time and degree of each symptom often varies from person to person, and not every symptom appears. The more common clinical symptoms are: loss of appetite, feeling of lethargy, discomfort and pain in the right upper abdomen, abdominal distension, nausea, etc. Binbin Lin of the Department of Liver Diseases at Xiamen Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine recommends regular health checkups and more importantly, liver function tests at the hospital when you have the above symptoms. What are the pathogenic factors of liver? The liver is actually very fragile and can be easily damaged by various disease-causing factors. Common causes of liver damage are: 1. Infection: Among the infection factors, the most common and familiar ones are hepatitis viruses (hepatitis A, B, C, D and E viruses), of which the hepatitis B virus enters the liver and continues to replicate in the liver cells, continuously destroying the structure of the liver cells, which can develop into cirrhosis or even liver cancer in serious cases. In addition, bacterial infection, parasitic infection, etc. can also damage the liver. 2, high-fat diet: with the improvement of quality of life, many people will consume too much high-calorie, high-fat food, in the long run, fat deposition in liver cells, resulting in liver cell steatosis, and then develop into fatty liver. If fatty liver continues to deteriorate, it will evolve into liver cirrhosis and even lead to liver failure. This has become the invisible killer that threatens the health of young people in China now. 3, drugs: Some patients have to take long-term drugs that have direct or indirect damage to the liver due to disease, such as aspirin, sulfonamide, penicillin, rifampin, etc. Some chemotherapy drugs can also cause liver damage and lead to drug-related hepatitis, cirrhosis. 4, excessive alcohol: due to work or social and often drink a lot of alcohol, easily lead to alcoholic fatty liver, alcoholic hepatitis, serious cases will develop into alcoholic cirrhosis. 2, high-fat diet: with the improvement of quality of life, many people will consume too much high-calorie, high-fat food, in the long run, fat deposition in the liver cells, resulting in liver cell steatosis, and then develop into fatty liver. If fatty liver continues to deteriorate, it will evolve into liver cirrhosis and even lead to liver failure. This has become the invisible killer that threatens the health of young people in China now. 5, autoimmune hepatitis: this hepatitis is common in women, may be one of the manifestations of systemic autoimmune disease. 6, other causes: primary or secondary liver tumors, cardiac insufficiency leading to liver stasis, certain congenital liver diseases, intravenous high nutrition, etc., can cause liver damage to varying degrees. Among them, viral infections, high-fat diet, drugs and excessive alcohol are the most common, and are referred to as the “four natural enemies” of the liver. Tips to protect your liver 1. Prevent and treat the original disease or related risk factors 2. Develop a reasonable diet adjustment plan, regular diet, balanced nutrition, moderate aerobic exercise to enhance physical fitness and improve immunity, and correct poor lifestyle and habits. 3.Don’t drink freely and reduce the direct damage of alcohol to the liver. Develop a reasonable energy intake and a diet high in protein, low in fat, moderate in sugar and rich in vitamins to ensure the supply of nutrients to the liver. 4, do not diet excessively for weight loss causing a dramatic drop in weight, which can also lead to fatty liver.