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Liver pain: Pain or discomfort due to the liver. See detailed information below for a list of 30 causes of Liver pain, Symptom Checker, Assessment Questionnaire, including diseases and drug side effect causes.
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Some of the possible treatments listed in sources for treatment of Liver pain may include:
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During a consultation, your doctor will use various techniques to assess the symptom: Liver pain. These will include a physical examination and possibly diagnostic tests. (Note: A physical exam is always done, diagnostic tests may or may not be performed depending on the suspected condition) Your doctor will ask several questions when assessing your condition. It is important to openly share any pertinent information to help your doctor make an accurate diagnosis.
It is also very important to bring an up-to-date list of all of your all medical conditions, medications including dosages, and names of numbers of any specialist you see.
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Intestinal bacteria disorder may be hidden cause: One of the lesser known causes of diarrhea is an imbalance of bacterial in the gut, sometimes called intestinal imbalance. The digestive system contains a variety of ...read more »
Antibiotics often causes diarrhea: The use of antibiotics are very likely to cause some level of diarrhea in patients. The reason is that antibiotics kill off not only "bad" bacteria, but can also kill the "good" bacteria in the gut. This...read more »
Food poisoning may actually be an infectious disease: Many people who come down with "stomach symptoms" like diarrhea assume that it's "something I ate" (i.e. food poisoning)...read more »
Mesenteric adenitis misdiagnosed as appendicitis in children: Because appendicitis is one of the more feared conditions for a child with abdominal pain, it can be over-diagnosed (it can, of course, also fail to be diagnosed with...read more »
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Celiac disease often fails to be diagnosed cause of chronic digestive symptoms: One of the most common chronic digestive conditions is celiac disease, a malabsorption disorder with a variety of...read more »
Chronic liver disease often undiagnosed: One study reported that 50% of patients with a chronic liver disease remain undiagnosed by their primary physician. The reasons are...read more »
Vitamin B12 deficiency under-diagnosed: The condition of Vitamin B12 deficiency is a possible misdiagnosis of various conditions, such as multiple sclerosis (see ...read more »
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The list below shows some of the causes of Liver pain mentioned in various sources:
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This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases, not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Liver pain. Of the 30 causes of Liver pain that we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:
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The following list of conditions have 'Liver pain' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.
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This information shows analysis of the list of causes of Liver pain based
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Depending on the seriousness of the onset of Liver pain, you may want to consult one of the following medical professionals.
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Subtypes of Liver pain:
Liver tenderness (36 causes)
Medical Conditions associated with Liver pain:
Liver symptoms (1644 causes), Abdominal pain (2568 causes), Liver problems (1613 causes), Pain (6458 causes), Digestive symptoms (5299 causes), Abdominal symptoms (5930 causes), Common symptoms (8589 causes), Pain symptoms (6458 causes), Sensory symptoms (7134 causes), Nerve symptoms (9132 causes), Neurological symptoms (9575 causes), Upper abdominal symptoms (2707 causes), Sensations (6520 causes), Brain symptoms (2787 causes), Body symptoms (5672 causes), Head symptoms (10192 causes)
Symptoms related to Liver pain:
Abdominal pain (2568 causes), Pain (6458 causes), Liver symptoms (1644 causes), Swollen liver (1314 causes), Jaundice-like symptoms (708 causes), Jaundice (789 causes), Bearn-Kunkel syndrome, Dubin-Johnson Syndrome, Leukemia, Liver abscess, Mononucleosis, Pylephlebitis, Schistosomiasis, VLCAD deficiency, Weil syndrome
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