Serious Symptoms Of Fatty Liver Disease

Confusion And Difficulty Focusing

Patients with fatty liver disease may also find themselves dealing with confusion and difficulty focusing. When individuals are feeling fatigued, there's often a sense of fogginess that comes along with it, but the difficulty focusing can also become even more serious. Severe confusion is a neurological symptom, and it can be a key warning sign of cirrhosis. Cirrhosis occurs after chronic liver disease has caused the liver to become permanently scarred. Advanced cirrhosis can lead to liver failure. Since the human body can't function without the liver, this condition can be life-threatening unless patients get a liver transplant. In addition to the difficulty focusing and confusion, many patients experiencing cirrhosis might be unusually drowsy and have slurred speech. They may appear outwardly as though they're drunk even if they haven't had any alcohol. This is a condition called hepatic encephalopathy, and it occurs when a patient's brain function declines because of severe, progressive liver disease. In this case, the liver isn't removing toxins adequately from the blood, which leads toxins to build up in the bloodstream.