When liver failure occurs? What are the symptoms? And can it go fatal without symptoms? Can it go fatal without even a vomit?

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Dr. Rahul GuptaSexologist9yrs exp

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Hello- signs and symptoms of acute liver failure may include: 1. Yellowing of your skin and eyeballs (jaundice) 2. Pain in your upper right abdomen. 3. Abdominal swelling. 4. Nausea. 5. Vomiting. 6. A general sense of feeling unwell (malaise) 7. Disorientation or confusion. 8. Sleepiness. It can /cannot be fatal depending upon the percentage of the liver affected.

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Dr. Subhash TiwariGeneral Physician42yrs exp

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Liver is the most important organ of the body after heart, lungs and brain. When it fails it cannot be without symptms. Pain, jaundice, vomiting, blood in vomiting or stools, itching, confusion, coma which ultimately may lead to death. Alcoholic cirrhosis and hepatitis b & c are common causes of liver failure.

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