When your liver is not functioning well, it can slow down digestion, leading the body to increasingly excrete toxins in the bowels. This results in constipation or diarrhea. In later stages of liver damage, the liver may struggle to produce and process bile and bilirubin, which give stool its brown color, causing the stool to become pale-colored.
Next, we have Number 6, “Changes in Urine”.
Dark urine is often one of the first signs that bilirubin levels are elevated. This happens because the damaged liver cannot break down this yellowish pigment and remove it properly. Without effective elimination through stool, excess bilirubin circulates back into your bloodstream and then gets filtered out by your kidneys, darkening the urine.
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At Number 5, is “Easy Bruising & Excessive Bleeding”.
Your liver plays a key role in making proteins that help your blood to clot. When your liver is damaged, it struggles to help blood clot properly after an injury, thus causing more bruising or bleeding. Frequent nosebleeds and bleeding gums, or prolonged bleeding from simple cuts, are indications of potential liver issues.