Memory Loss and Difficulty Concentrating
The liver is usually associated with metabolic processes, such as processing alcohol or secreting proteins and bile, but once the liver is damaged, it could also negatively impact your memory and ability to concentrate. This is due to the build up of harmful toxins within the body. Since the liver is required to remove waste products from the body, much like the kidneys, when it fails, the toxins will travel throughout the body, all the way to the brain.
The technical term for this is called liver (or hepatic) encephalopathy, and it can happen over time or rapidly, depending on the degradation of the liver. Whenever the brain is exposed to toxins, damage can occur. The longer the exposure contains, the more permanent and severe the damage will be. Some people who have developed hepatic encephalopathy may fall into coma.
