Liver Pain
Liver pain
Different patients offer
different descriptions of liver pain. Some say their liver
pain is so severe that it feels as if their liver is going
to burst.
Some patients even
experience pain in the right shoulder, causing discomfort when
they breath in, or cough.
Others say their liver pain isn't sharp at all, but is
rather a dull, aching tenderness or discomfort in the area of
the lower rib cage. These people say they feel somewhat swollen
or bloated.
Liver pain causes
Liver pain can result from
a problem involving the liver itself, but liver
pain can also be the secondary result of a problem with
another part of the body, particularly the bladder, blood
vessels, or the biliary tract.
If the liver itself is
causing the pain, it's usually due to an inflammation of some
kind.
If liver pain isn't coming
directly from the liver, it may be due to an obstruction of the
biliary tract, like a stone. This type of liver pain, also
known as biliary colic, can usually comes on suddenly and may
last as long as several hours. Discomfort begins in the upper
middle quadrant or the right upper quadrant, and may radiate to
the area between the shoulder blades or to the
shoulder.
Biliary colic is most
likely to happen after you've eaten a fatty meal.
Other causes of liver pain
include cholangitis or inflammation of the biliary duct, gall
bladder disease, hepatitis, and liver abscess. Sometimes, liver
cysts can also cause liver pain.
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Liver pain relief
Certain medications are
generlly effective in relieving liver pain:
- NSAIDs or Nonsteroidal
anti-inflammatory drugs, which decrease the symptoms of
swelling and pain.
- Meperidine (also known
as Demerol)
- Morphine
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