In fact, liver pain is not necessarily caused by disease. Although it is often caused by liver pain caused by diseases, there are also symptoms of liver pain with no obvious inducement. Liver pain without obvious inducement can be understood from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine according to stagnation of liver qi. Although there is no substantial lesion, there may still be pain. In addition, dietary stimulation and trauma may also cause liver pain, so the symptoms of liver pain are not necessarily symptoms induced by disease, and patients need to distinguish the nature and causes of pain according to specific conditions.
1, hepatolithiasis
Hepatolithiasis is a common disease that causes pain in liver area. This is mainly due to the direct damage to gallbladder and liver tissue after the formation of stones, so there is obvious pain in the early stage, usually stinging. After hepatolithiasis develops continuously for a period of time, it is easy to form cholestasis in the bile duct, so there will be swelling and burning pain in the later stage.
2. Alcoholic hepatitis
Alcoholic hepatitis is a common clinical disease. Because alcohol is very harmful to the liver, the early stage is mainly manifested as pain in the liver area. Moreover, the symptoms of alcoholic hepatitis are more obvious than other liver diseases, and it is easy to develop for a long time. If the disease cannot be controlled in the early stage, it will be more serious according to the symptoms, and even cause large-scale liver damage.
3. Viral hepatitis
Viral hepatitis is an obvious disease that induces liver injury, especially in the early stage, which can cause pain in the liver area. The typical one is hepatitis A, which belongs to acute viral hepatitis, so the symptoms are more serious. Hepatitis B may also cause pain in the liver area. Although it is chronic hepatitis, the pain in the liver area is also obvious during acute attack.
4. Chronic interstitial hepatitis
Cirrhosis is a serious disease of the liver, and the symptoms induced are much more serious than other liver diseases. Patients with liver cirrhosis are prone to liver pain all the time, and this kind of pain is difficult to control, especially in acute attacks and complications. If liver cirrhosis develops to the later stage and cannot be effectively relieved by various treatment methods, it is necessary to give patients long-term analgesic drugs to alleviate their pain.
5, fatty liver
Fatty liver can be said to be the mildest liver disease, but it may still cause adverse reactions, such as discomfort in the liver area caused by the aggravation of fatty liver, which will lead to pain in the liver area after further deterioration. Generally, before fatty liver leads to liver fibrosis and cirrhosis, the symptoms of liver pain will not be too serious, so patients can simply relieve fatty liver through drugs or diet control.
Liver pain is not only caused by diseases, but also by many factors in life. Therefore, when the pain in the liver area is found, it is necessary to find out the cause immediately. Patients with severe pain in the liver area need to go to the hospital for examination. Because severe liver pain may be caused by cirrhosis, it is necessary to control the disease as soon as possible.
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