4 EARLY SIGNS LIVER DAMAGE
DANGEROUS COMPLICATIONS OF LIVER DISEASE
The process gets worse if you ignore the symptoms of liver disease.
Liver inflammation and damage.
Hepatitis
Caused by buildup of bilirubin due to poor liver function
May result from esophageal varices, common in cirrhosis.
Toxins accumulate and affect the brain
Liver can’t produce enough clotting proteins
Scar tissue forms where the liver is damaged.
Liver fibrosis
Scar tissue expands, replacing healthy tissue, slowing down liver function.
Cirrhosis
Liver function declines, difficult to recover.
Liver failure
Liver cancer is the most advanced stage of liver disease. It is also the most common type of cancer in Philippines.
Liver cancer