Hi, I have compensated Nash cirrhosis, I’m finding it hard to lose weight, I have recently started itching, this is my first real symptom, I am worried more will follow, is it to late to pull this symptom back even if I improve my diet or can some liver function be restored do you think. Thank you.
Posted Jul 17, 2023, 9:34 PM UTC
I tend to take a few hot showers a day to help with it.
Same, even lunch time at work I have been known to pop off for a shower.
I also found using PH Neutral body wash was a game changer.
Dooooood. I got some of this. Good call yo. Appreciate it. Worked very well.
It would get so bad I would get up fill my bathtub at like 3am with hot ass water and sit until it went away. Probably shouldn't have done that
It's usually high Bilirubin so it helps if you're on Lactulose but yeah other posts are right it's hard on the body I'm F4 and I itch like crazy on bad days all you can really do is natural lotions or meds I'd ask your doc about it I can't really tell you what I take as it may not be for you. Hope this helps!
My doc prescribed me cholestyramine for the high bile acid and bilirubin that causes my crazy itching. I don't have high cholesterol but that's what that med is used for usually. My hepatologist said it works for itching. I saw a little improvement but I have other skin issues. I've also lost a lot of weight this year but still have itching lol. Not to burst your bubble, just letting you know it didn't help me personally. The itching drives me mad though!
Hot or warm shower then Eucrerin ointment while skin is still damp. It's the ointment in the tub. You have to rub it into your hands to emulsify it but it helps so much!
Cirrhosis is the point at which the damage can’t be reversed. However:
Likely 100% of your liver isn’t one big scar. There’s probably some fatty liver in there, which is reversible, and some normal tissue as well. As you improve your diet and as time passes, symptoms can improve based on these parts compensating for the scarred parts.
Itching, however, is a common symptom. Nobody can say exactly what is causing yours—I’ve heard that a lot of times it can be from bile under the skin, or from skin stretching with fluid levels changing, etc etc etc. it’s a symptom you’ll definitely have to work with your doctor on. And it’ll likely improve with time. But also, just so you can take some comfort—it is absolutely normal with this disease.