Pain is the most common symptom of a problem with a body organ, but the liver is very special in that it has no nerves that are sensitive to pain, so liver disease does not usually cause pain and is difficult for us to detect.
At the same time, liver disease is a disease that cannot be delayed. It deteriorates rapidly and many patients fail to detect liver disease in time, which is why it is delayed until it deteriorates into cancer.
In fact, many experts in the field of liver disease are calling for “prevention is better than cure” and early detection is particularly important for liver disease.
Expert advice. If you have 4 abnormalities in the morning, get your liver checked as soon as possible!
1. Weakness in the morning
After a night of “rest”, mornings are when we have the most energy. Prolonged morning weakness and fatigue are typical symptoms of liver disease. Liver disease leads to increased levels of transaminases in the body and diluted concentrations of cholinesterase, which can affect the ability of nerves and muscles to bind, leading to fatigue.
2. Yellowing of the urine
After a night of metabolism, urine helps the body to excrete many metabolic toxins when you go to the toilet in the morning. Under normal circumstances, urine is a clear, colourless or pale yellow liquid. Prolonged, thick yellow urine is a symptom of jaundice, the classic outward sign of liver disease, caused by excess bilirubin in the urine.
Bilirubin is a yellow neurotoxin in the body and its metabolism and conversion in the body requires the involvement of the liver. When bilirubin accumulates in the body to a certain amount, it is partially carried out of the body in the urine, resulting in an increase in bilirubin in the urine, which in turn leads to a strong yellow colour.
3. Bleeding gums
The liver is an important organ in maintaining the balance of blood clotting and anticoagulation in our bodies. Most clotting factors are synthesised in the liver and as liver disease progresses, the ability to synthesise clotting factors will deteriorate, resulting in a decrease in clotting factor levels.
When the body’s clotting factors fall to a certain level, the patient will have a greater tendency to bleed, most commonly in the morning, with frequent bleeding from the gums. As liver disease progresses, nosebleeds, bleeding piles and even bleeding from the digestive tract may also occur.
4. Bad Breath
Bad breath is undoubtedly a major social stumbling block. There are many causes of bad breath, of which liver disease is the most specific. A poor liver affects the metabolism of methionine and produces large amounts of methionine and ammonia during digestion.
These substances cannot be metabolised or excreted in time and therefore accumulate in the body and are partly carried out through the breath, resulting in a particular kind of bad breath: an odour similar to rotten eggs mixed with rotten fruit, also known as “liver odour”. The liver is most efficient at night, and if it is diseased, bad breath will also be most noticeable in the morning.
