malaise, nausea, jaundice, and low-grade fever, tachycardia, tachypnea, tender hepatomegaly, jaundice, ascites, and hepatic encephalopathy: confusion and lethargy. stigmata of liver disease, notably asterixis, spider angiomata, encephalopathy, tender hepatomegaly, and bruising. exanthem appears on the trunk or upper arms