April 10,2025

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Early signs of liver damage that you shouldn’t miss

A liver transplant is suggested for a child when the child’s liver has deteriorated beyond repair and a transplant is the only way to save the child and give a new lease of life. Usually, liver diseases are diagnosed late because they can manifest in many ways and present themselves with a wide range of symptoms. In addition, there could be various reason for a liver to malfunction, fail or reach end-stage liver disease making a transplant necessary.
Liver disease is tricky to diagnose even for the experts; the symptoms can also baffle parents at home and seem like the seasonal flu or stomach infection.

Still, we tried to enlist some of the symptoms in this article that should ring an alarm. There are early symptoms and there are symptoms that show up when the liver condition has deteriorated further. We have segregated the symptoms over here – early signs and later signs. If you are a parent who has landed on this page searching for symptoms of liver failure, we hope the information on this page might help you. Also, share this article with parents who might need some information and knowledge.

The prevalence of liver diseases among children isn’t uncommon and knowing the early signs of damage might help save your child in the nick of time.

The early signs of liver failure or damage are:

• Excessive fatigue (feeling tired all the time)
• Nausea or vomiting
• Loss of appetite
• Abdominal (belly) pain accompanied with swelling

As the liver disease progresses, it can show other symptoms like:

• Dark brown urine
• Jaundice (yellowish skin and eyes)
• Itching all over the body
• Bruising easily or bleeding for a long time
• Ascites- Swollen abdomen from fluid building up
• Brain problems, like confusion, irritability, unusual sleepiness during the day or sleeplessness at night (encephalopathy)

If your child has shown any of the signs in the recent past, book an appointment with your paediatrician and discuss your child’s health in details.

For any assistance with paediatric liver transplant and more information about the same, contact our experts and volunteers at TPAF. Call us on +91-7768853030 or email @ info@tpaf.in