Always feel weak and without appetite?The real murderer may not be the stomach but the liver

July 28, 2022 is the twelfth "Hepatitis Day". China is a large country of hepatitis. There are 1/3 of the world's 240 million chronic hepatitis B virus infection in China, and about 7%of the world's 13 to 150 million hepatitis C virus infection are also in China. At present, there are 90 million patients with chronic hepatitis B, and about 10 million patients with chronic hepatitis C patients. Chronic hepatitis B is one of the most popular and most severe infectious diseases in China. The World Health Organization has proposed to eliminate hepatitis B in 2030.

Xiao Liu often felt weak and bloated recently, and he didn't have much appetite. He thought that there was a problem with the stomach. When he went to the hospital, he was shocked. Clinically, patients with hepatitis like Xiao Liu are common. Experts from the Department of Gastroenterology, Shaanxi Provincial People's Hospital reminded that we should be alert to clues in daily life. Sometimes there is no appetite. The real culprit is not stomach disease but liver disease. The onset of liver disease is relatively hidden. Governance is very important.

Hepatitis is a collective name for liver inflammation caused by virus, bacteria, parasites, chemical poisons, drugs, alcohol, autoimmune factors and other pathogenic factors. Hepatitis with different causes can have similar clinical manifestations, such as loss of appetite, nicknant food, fatigue, nausea, pain or discomfort in the liver area, bloating, skin and yellowing of sclera, and yellow urine. Severe hepatitis may have mental symptoms such as drowsiness and changes in consciousness. In addition, different symptoms may be accompanied by different causes. Acute hepatitis A or acute pantye types often experience symptoms such as fever, muscle soreness, and diarrhea. Chronic hepatitis C or autoimmune hepatitis has no obvious discomfort, so it is easy to be ignored.

In addition to knowing non -specific symptoms, other typical clinical manifestations of hepatitis should also be recognized. For example, patients may have obscure and lack of lustering liver disease, and itching of the skin may occur. Those with jaundice may appear skin or sclera yellow dyeing and urine yellow. Patients with chronic hepatitis or cirrhosis can appear spider moles on the neck, front chest, upper arm and other parts. The skin at the palm of the patient's palms is obviously red, and it fades after pressurizing, called the liver palm. Patients with cirrhosis or severe hepatitis may have abnormal coagulation function, which can be symptoms of nosebleeds, skin stasis and ecchymosis, which can cause gastrointestinal hemorrhage and manifested as black or vomiting blood.

For those who have discovered relevant symptoms such as full body weakness, loss of appetite, pain in liver region, skin or scleral yellow dyeing, urine yellow, and greasy foods, especially the history of drinking, family B, hepatitis C and liver cirrhosis, history of suspicious drugs, etc. High -risk groups who are prone to hepatitis should be de -seeking internal medicine, liver or infection department in time.

Experts of digestive medicines particularly reminded that many patients with hepatitis did not have obvious abnormalities in the early days, and even some patients with liver cirrhosis did not have obvious clinical manifestations. During physical examinations, he found that liver power or hepatitis B series abnormalities were found. Therefore, regular medical examination should be paid to early medical examinations, so as to get early, early diagnosis, and early treatment.

Xi'an Newspaper All Media Journalist Ma Xiang

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