Four digestive problems that indicate your liver is barely functioning

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Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease may not manifest itself at first. However, over time, a person with cirrhosis will experience worsening gastrointestinal symptoms.

Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis is a common form of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. In this disease, the liver itself becomes inflamed and damaged in addition to fat cells. In addition, as Sudhi Shankar, executive medical director of biopharmaceutical research and development at AstraZeneca, notes, the disease begins gradually, which can make it difficult to diagnose.

The problem is that non-alcoholic steatohepatitis has no symptoms until the late stages. At this stage, 75% of the liver is no longer functioning.

Dr. Luke Pratsides, a leading general practitioner in Numan, says that in the late stages of fatty liver disease, digestive complications often appear. These include bloating, abdominal pain, indigestion, and problems digesting food.

As a rule, bloating in people with cirrhosis indicates ascites. That is, the accumulation of fluid in the abdominal cavity. If left untreated, a person can develop abdominal infections.

According to the World Journal of Gastroenterology, up to 80% of people with cirrhosis report one or more gastrointestinal symptoms. These include bloating (49.5%), abdominal pain (24%), belching (18.7%), diarrhea (13.3%), and constipation (8%).