Signs and Sympoms

Signs and Symptoms

Cirrhosis often has no signs or symptoms until liver damage is extensive. When signs and symptoms do occur, they may include:

• Yellowing of the skin (jaundice) due to the accumulation of bilirubin in the blood.

 

• Weakness
• Short of Breath
• Bleeding easily
• Bruising easily
•  Fatigue
• Loss of appetite.
• Itching.
• Easy bruising from decreased production of blood clotting factors by the diseased liver.
• Itchy skin
• Fluid accumulation in your abdomen (ascites)
• Loss of appetite
• Nausea
• Swelling in your legs
• Weight loss
• Fatigue.
• Confusion, drowsiness and slurred speech (hepatic encephalopathy)

References:
Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis. (2015, February 6). Retrieved April 8, 2015, from http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/liver-disease.htm 
Cirrhosis. (2014, August 16). Retrieved April 8, 2015, from http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/cirrhosis/basics/definition/con-20031617