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Help with my liver

How could I know if I have inflammation of the liver without testing? I tried to see if by touching my abdomen but can someone tell me how to?
Is it suppose to be a lot of pain or mild and where, I am afraid to have contracted Hep.C on a sexual encounter with someone I don’t know her statue.
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374652 tn?1494811435
Yes that is true, because I was doing that myself,, also there is intestine close to the liver in the left and right corner, so the intestine can cause some pain, especially if your stressed causing IBS..... best get the blood test and the bx will tell more about the inflammation,,
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179856 tn?1333547362
It's pretty rare to get hep wby having sex - very low chances of it in fact.  Get the blood test - that is a LOT easier to do than organize a biopsy or a Fibroscan/sure test which is just a blood test too.

Your liver has no nerves in it to register pain - so chances are if you are poking yourself in the side all the time........that's what is hurting you.
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