Yes, T(h)ink, unlike the old popular expression, physicians see a "crisis" mainly as a fit, an abrupt change, an acute symptom or pain, etc., while a disease (maladie) is, usually, a longer process, which can be latent, does not always cause direct pains, and might go unnoticed, at least in the beginning, till certain specific symptoms show.
According to medical experts, you should not say that the liver hurts, but that the pains come from the zone or the surroundings of the liver (au niveau du foie).
But there are, of course, a series of liver diseases (or damages), and cirrhosis, besides hepatitis, is one of the most known:
http://dictionary.reverso.net/french-english/maladie+de+foie
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cirrhosis