7 Signs Your Liver Is Stressed

7 Signs Your Liver Is Stressed
Our liver is one of the hardest working organ
in our bodies, it has to perform over 500
different functions including storing
vitamins, sugar, and minerals as fuel,
controlling production and excretion of
cholesterol, and many others. Our livers
contain bile which is stored in the
gallbladder and helps break down fats. Liver
stress refers to our liver being overworked or
sluggish.
The liver filters the foreign parties that enter
our bodies like alcohol, tobacco, food
additives, and environmental factors. Our
bodies have about 700 toxic chemicals in
them. A study conducted by the
Environmental Working Group found that a
newborn has 287 toxic chemicals in their
urine including mercury, pesticides, Teflon,
and others from exposure before birth. There
are several signs your liver is stressed.
If you notice these symptoms please
consider strengthening your liver through
diet and lifestyle:
1. Change in skin color
The first sign your liver is stressed is Skin
discoloration. The color of your skin changes
from your natural color to sickly yellow or
pale tinged with blue, your nails and
fingertips can also turn yellow. This happens
when your liver is unable to get rid of toxins
in your body so they accumulate causing
bilirubin to develop under your skin.
2. Digestive problems Problems like bloating,
constipation, and frequent indigestion are
signs of a stressed liver. Bloating often
occurs with stomach pain and gas. Bile
cannot properly break down food and
lubricate the intestines in a weakened or
stressed liver.
3. Aches and pains
Another liver function is to purify and
produce new blood, when it’s stressed you’re
unable to get enough blood to your tendons,
muscles, and other tissues which results in
inflexibility, pain in upper back, and dry eyes.
Such continuous discomfort and pain can
lead to fatigue .
4. Fatigue
Many people feel they are always tired, which
is fatigue. Chronic fatigue may indicate your
liver is stressed and your body is working
hard to repair it. While your body is busily
repairing, other systems can overload which
causes tiredness. If this occurs with other
signs of liver stress, you need to get your
liver checked.
5. Urine becomes darker
This is a more obvious sign of liver stress,
your urine darkens from its usual color when
you are not getting enough water and your
stools may change to darker, pale, tar
consistency, or may have blood spots in it. If
you are drinking enough water color changes
of stool is a good indicator.
6. Mood swings When our liver is stressed it
can impact our emotions, they can get
stagnant. Depression, anger, impatience, and
irritability are common symptoms of liver
stress. A stressed liver can cause difficulty
making decisions, bad judgment, and brain
fog. Mental rigidity, aggression, and violent
outbursts are indicators of stressed liver.
7. Other symptoms A stressed liver can affect
all body parts. Some may experience blurry
vision, ringing in the ears, dizziness,
insomnia, hormonal imbalances like PMS,
allergies, chemical sensitivities, lower sex
drive, intestinal bleeding, spider veins, and
unintentional weight loss.
If you have signs your liver is stressed make
sure to consult with a healthcare
professional with knowledge of natural
remedies and alternative medicine to help
you with a detox program.
7 Signs Your Liver Is Stressed
[Last Updated on May 24th 2014]