The 3 Weirdest Symptoms of Liver Disease

Hand Tremors

The liver is responsible for processing and removing toxins and harmful substances from the blood. When the liver is damaged, it is unable to carry out its detoxification function as good as before. This leads to accumulation of toxins which unless processed and removed by the liver can penetrate the brain and cause psychiatric, psychological, and neurocognitive implications. This is called hepatic encephalopathy and hand tremors alongside with confusion, disorientation, uncontrolled movements, slurred speech, depression, and anxiety are one of its symptoms.

Nosebleeds

Usually, liver disease reveals itself when the liver is affected to the extent that it is unable to carry out its numerous functions. Considering that other organs and systems in our body directly depend on the liver, some symptoms of liver disease may not have anything to do with the liver itself, but rather with the organ affected by the liver´s inability to function.

On top of everything else, the liver plays a crucial role in blood coagulation or also called blood clotting. Same pattern happens here: when the liver is damaged, it stops producing enough platelets and certain proteins to enable blood clotting. This leads to fluid buildup in the body and can cause nosebleeds, sensitive and bleeding gums and fluid retention in the limbs and belly.

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Clubbed Fingers

Clubbing is characterized by deformed finger- and toenails. Lung and cardiovascular diseases are well-known causes of clubbed fingers, chronic liver disease can be also associated with this symptom. The study* has found that as many as 24% of patients with primary biliary cirrhosis experienced clubbing. Finger clubbing in liver patients can be explained by low blood oxygen levels which happens when the liver fails to transport oxygen through the blood vessels.

If you experience one of the above described symptoms, please immediately discuss it with your doctor.