Is itchiness a symptom of liver disease?
Itchyness of the skin is cased when the liver isn’t working properly and the skin becomes dry and irritated. At the same time you may notice yellowing of the skin and whites of the eyes. Jaundice. Obviously if you are a heavy drinker then you’ll have connected the two things, but stopping drinking is only half the battle. Your liver is a filter for all the toxins that enter your body, and alcohol is in fact a poison – which is why your liver is the organ that is affected most when you are a heavy drinker. Prolonged abuse of the liver results in heavy scarring – chirrhosis, which your liver compensates for until it can no longer cope. The only cure is a liver transplant. Which is donated by someone after they die. Many people do not live long enough to get a new liver, and if you are continuing to drink then you will not be eligable to recieve one anyway. Please see your doctor to find out if your symptoms are related to your liver, because you only have one liver and you need to look a
