Symptoms

Some PBC sufferers display no outward symptoms. Others may suffer from one or more of the following:

• Chronic fatigue and lethargy - mild or severe
• Intense itching of the skin which can affect any part of the body
• Palms mottled with red or pink blotches
• Frequent indigestion or nausea, poor appetite
• Sore joints/bone pain
• Easy bruising or bleeding
• Dry eyes and/or mouth
• Persistent ache or discomfort in the upper right hand side of the abdomen
• Weakness in wrists and/or hands
• Dark urine and/or pale stools
• Diarrhoea
• Jaundice - yellowing of the skin or eyes - is a sign of progression