What liver disease is cutaneous pruritus

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Some time ago, the old watch's skin was always itchy. He felt very uncomfortable. He went to the hospital to see a doctor after he got paid. After a physical examination, he found that his skin was itchy and he actually suffered from liver disease. Let's tell you the relationship between skin itching and liver disease!

What liver disease is cutaneous pruritus

First of all: liver disease and skin pruritus is related, part of liver disease because of the body has damp toxin or damp heat, or high bilirubin, or cholestatic hepatitis can cause skin pruritus. Pruritus in liver disease refers to local or extensive skin itching that needs to be scratched, or jaundice caused by liver disease may cause skin itching.

Second: liver disease may cause itching. Hepatitis B can not only cause skin pruritus, but also skin pruritus is one of the more common clinical symptoms of hepatitis B patients. The main reason why hepatitis B patients have skin pruritus is that hepatitis B virus will stimulate the body to produce antibodies after entering the human body, causing antigen and antibody immune response. When antigen and antibody immune complex deposit in capillaries, the body can be induced The symptoms of skin itching appeared.

Finally: because the appearance of skin pruritus has a certain relationship with the value of serum bilirubin in the body, when the serum bilirubin increases, the subcutaneous nerve endings are stimulated by conjugated bilirubin, which can induce severe skin pruritus in the body, so the symptoms of skin pruritus are common in hepatitis B patients with abnormal liver function and increased bilirubin. Therefore, patients with abnormal liver function and elevated bilirubin should pay attention to skin pruritus, go to the hospital in time for detailed examination, and timely find signs of deterioration of the disease, and timely give targeted treatment and nursing.

matters needing attention

If you find that your skin is always itchy, you must pay attention to it, because it is very likely that you are suffering from liver disease. Go to the hospital early, have a physical examination, and insist on treatment. You can't wait too long after you get sick. Only if you have early treatment, can we recover our health as soon as possible and no longer be tortured by itching.