text: well, there can be many symptoms in which the doctor will try and treat seperately.....but...a small list of ailments associated with liver disease are:\n\ndepression and/or "brain fog"\nlethargy\nachey joints/bones\nany type of skin rash (whether or not they itch)\nhair loss\nconfusion/short term memory\nupper right quandrant pain (a very mild pain to severe)\ngallbladder disease\ndiabetes\nlung disease\nweight loss or gain\nthyroid disease\nyour spleen can have intense sharp pains\npanic attacks (due to change in how the brains system relates to either toxins and/or viral infections like hepatitis c)\n\nnot all of those with a chronic disease of the liver have jaundice, infact, a person with hepatitis c-unless an acute infection or end stage liver disease will not have jaundice (yellowing of the skin caused by billibrium buildup)\n\n\nthere are many other diseases that are caused by liver disease.\n\nif you have one diseased organ it can cause other organs to become diseased as well-they are call bi-directional diseases.\n\nif you have had a liver panel and your test comes back all within normal ranges, you can still be sick!\n\nalt and ast levels are a lot of times not increased-this is more common in those with hepatitis c. alt and ast levels are not a reliable source, only getting an actual hepatitis c antibody test is.\n\ngood luck