How do you know?
When I am teaching, I often ask the child who answers a question, 'How do you know?' This is to check for misunderstandings and help others, who were unsure, learn how the solution was derived through that child's explanation. Answers require some prior knowledge. But what if there is no prior knowledge? This was my experience with my liver. I had felt not quite right for some time. Nothing stood out as being amiss; I was just always exhausted, a bit old-lady achy, and I developed what I assumed was stress related itching. Menopause, I thought. Stress of teaching, I felt. Not a must see the doctor issue, I believed. I now know that there are no symptoms for the early stages of liver disease except fatigue and itching. It is only when the liver is so damaged it is unable to cope with the usual onslaught of normal daily life and a typical 'not quite as healthy as we'd like to think' diet that doctor-trip-worthy symptoms appear. For me...
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