Does a Scarred Liver Hurt?

General abdominal pain and discomfort can also be related to swelling from fluid retention and enlargement of your spleen and liver caused by cirrhosis. Pain can come both from the diseases that lead to cirrhosis and/or cirrhosis can make the pain from existing diseases worse.

Can you live with a scarred liver?

Most people with cirrhosis that's found in its early stage can live healthy lives. If you are obese or have diabetes, losing weight and controlling your blood sugar can lessen damage caused by fatty liver disease.

Does a damaged liver hurt?

Liver pain and liver disease. Liver pain can be dull and nonspecific, but it can also be severe. It may result in a backache. Liver pain is sometimes confused with a pain in the right shoulder, or in the abdomen, or the kidney.