Pain
The liver, which is situated below the rib cage, is slightly slanted, occupying more of the right side of the abdomen than the left. Liver pain may range from a faint throbbing to a searing pain in the upper right abdomen. Most people with fatty liver disease don’t have any symptoms until the illness has already progressed to cirrhosis of the liver. People with liver scarring (cirrhosis) experience liver pain over 80 percent of the time. Cirrhosis may produce generalized abdominal pain and discomfort due to fluid retention and spleen and liver enlargement. In addition, cirrhosis worsens osteoarthritis pain and other bone and joint conditions associated with obesity and NAFLD.
Inflammation is a systemic effect of cirrhosis. Pain is often caused by inflammation or injury to neighboring tissues of the liver since there are no pain-sensing neurons in the liver. This might result from the body’s response to inflammation, which can exacerbate due to preexisting conditions such as cardiovascular problems. Additionally, sharp discomfort, or pain while breathing, might result from ascites, the fluid collection in the abdomen caused by the fatty liver. Lastly, it can also cause back and shoulder pain, which is often confused with kidney pain.
