Is liver cyst a serious problem?

Liver cysts are relatively common, which are commonly referred to as blisters in the liver. There are many causes of liver cysts, including genetic and acquired causes. Some liver cysts have no autonomous symptoms and are sometimes only discovered during examinations. Be alert to cysts that grow rapidly, which often cause patients to have more obvious symptoms and can easily lead to various symptoms such as pain in the liver area, abdominal distension, vomiting, jaundice, etc.

How liver cysts form:

Liver cysts are generally called liver blisters, which are cavities in the liver that do not contain solid tissue. If we use the bubbles in cheesecake as an analogy, perhaps we can more easily understand what a liver cyst looks like in the liver.

Liver cysts are generally different from the tumors we often hear about. In most cases we do not know the cause of its formation, and it is likely to be congenital. However, there is also a clinical phenomenon that the chance of finding liver cysts increases with age. The popularity of abdominal ultrasound examination tools in recent years and the increased willingness of the general public to undergo health checks are one of the main reasons why liver cysts are more likely to be heard.

Is liver cyst a serious problem?

Usually, liver cysts do not cause any obvious symptoms or abnormal liver function, so they are often "accidentally discovered" during abdominal ultrasound examinations. Most cases are sporadic liver cysts with unknown causes; a few cases are multiple.

Some of them belong to the so-called polycystic liver disease, and the number of liver cysts is usually more than dozens. Some of these cases also have polycystic kidney disease or pancreatic cysts, etc. Generally speaking, it is related to genetics, and family members may also have the same problem. However, even polycystic liver disease does not necessarily cause obvious abnormalities in liver function in most cases.

After discovering a liver cyst, generally no special treatment is required, and no medication is needed, because there is no medicine that can make a liver cyst disappear. Although the number or size of liver cysts may increase with age, there is no need to be nervous or worried. As long as it is confirmed to be a liver cyst, past clinical experience has shown that liver cysts will coexist peacefully with you for the rest of your life.