Symptoms of liver disease

Many liver diseases start at a certain point in time. When this happens, they are called acute because they start all of a sudden.

This is the point at which many people will start to have symptoms, including:

• Tiredness or weakness
• Jaundice (yellowing of the eyes and skin)
• Fever
• Nausea and vomiting
• Dark urine or very pale colored stools
• Pain under the ribs on the right side

Up to half of all people with liver disease have no symptoms at all. Some types of liver disease get better without treatment, and the liver heals itself entirely.

Other liver diseases, however, continue to cause damage even when the symptoms are gone. These diseases are then called chronic and can go on for many years.

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