A leading doctor has said that sleep disturbances could be a sign of liver disease. Doctor Brian Lun, an integrative and functional medicine specialist and chiropractor in Kansas City, suggests that people take note of their wake-up time to distinguish whether liver disease is causing their sleep disturbances.
Lun said in quotes reported by The Express: “Usually, the most common cause of waking up between 1 and 4am is a liver problem. It may be that you have liver inflammation or fatty liver disease, also known as non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.”
The journal of Nature and Science of Sleep have said that waking up in the night is a well-known symptom of liver scarring that can impair a person's quality of life. Concurringly, the Journal of Thoracic Disease have said that roughly 60 to 80 per cent of patients with liver disease struggle with sleep disturbances.
