Binge Drinking with mild fatty liver leading to RUQ discomfort and nausea - help!

[LeWabbit]

I posted 2 months ago in relation to being a very heavy drinker who had tried to become sober after an ultrasound showed mild fatty infiltration which was reversible earlier this year but I then lapsed and was terrified of having caused further damage. I was lucky to have a blood tests and an ultrasound which basically showed no change in the ultrasound position and I was determined to stay sober. I managed this really well for a month and since then have had 2 weeks where I drank heavily on several days of the week and last week where I drank very heavily every day (2+ bottles of wine).

I am now trying to give up again and live healthily after my last drink on Friday (with the help of my counsellor and nutritionist who I started seeing last week ironically) but I have developed discomfort stronger than I have had before in the RUQ and ongoing nausea and I’m terrified that I have now triggered alcoholic hepatitis or a significant worsening of my fatty liver to fibrosis and left everything too late.

I realise nobody can analyse my symptoms but if anyone has any thoughts on how binge drinking has affected their liver situation or whether RUQ pain and nausea ever just needs time to go away, I would love to hear about them.

[Ubwa]

the discomfort could be your body trying to get more alcohol. It makes everything better right?!?

The only way you will improve is to not drink AT ALL. Try stay the path, the only path continual drinking will lead to is a disaster.

[RugbyMama]

There are no pain receptors in your liver. URQ pain is caused by inflammation to the tissue that surrounds several organs in that area like your gallbladder, spleen and pancreas, any one of which could be inflamed by alcohol, spleen by infection, gallbladder by rich, fatty food.

If you had alcoholic hepatitis or similar, pain would actually be the least of your symptoms; you'd be more likely to have jaundice, swelling to stomach and extremities, sickness, diarrohea, passing blood in vomit or stool, uncontrollable itching all over, confusion or memory issues.

The only way to know for you are protecting your liver is to stop drinking for good. Your liver is the most forgiving of all the organs and can in many cases repair itself. Good luck!!!