According to experts, one of the following related liver disorders might cause fluid accumulation in your legs, ankles, or feet: hepatitis B, hepatitis, C, cirrhosis, fatty liver disease, or even liver cancer.
The Cleveland Clinic says that if you have hepatitis B or hepatitis C, you have an elevated risk of liver cancer since these illnesses frequently progress to cirrhosis. Any cause of liver disease may progress to cirrhosis, increasing your risk of liver cancer.
Early consultation with your physician about your symptoms may help avoid future liver damage, they say.
2. Numbness or a tingling sensation.
Because of a hepatitis C infection or alcoholic liver disease, people with liver problems may experience tingling or numbness in their feet. Diabetes, which is more prevalent in those with liver issues since the liver controls glucose levels, may also lead to it. Peripheral neuropathy, which affects the nerves outside of the brain and spinal cord, is caused by all three conditions.
Any of the aforementioned symptoms, according to the Mayo Clinic, would be adequate reason for a visit to a doctor. If you have persistent swelling that doesn’t improve at all after two to five days of home treatment, persistent pain that doesn’t improve after many weeks, or burning pain, numbness, or tingling particularly involving most or all of your foot, they suggest calling your doctor.
3. Pain in your foot joints.
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