Obesity is the most common cause of fatty liver disease, especially in
modern society, people should eat lots of delicious food growing obesity
problem more serious. The body weight is too heavy, body mass index (BMI) at about 25-30 then one half of susceptibility to hepatic steatosis; eg BMI exceeds 30, the incidence of fatty liver up to 85%.
How is called obesity?
When energy intake than energy consumption, the organization leading to
fat accumulation in the body makes too much weight is higher than
normal, it is called obesity.
Obesity can cause more serious illness, but can not think obesity is
the cause of other diseases, but obesity is indeed hazardous nature.
In addition to obesity, the high blood pressure, especially in people
with high triglycerides, alcoholism, diabetes that is not well
controlled, hepatitis C, drugs (such as steroids, immune therapy
rheumatism) Common factors also cause fatty liver.
Ultrasound, blood tests, liver biopsy can confirm there with fatty liver?
Steatosis or steatohepatitis usually have no symptoms, so many people
just found out after a checkup, or increased liver function
abnormalities discovered, such as fatigue, nausea , anorexia, jaundice,
right upper quadrant pain ...
Experts said ultrasound is a safe method and to present the most accurate diagnosis of fatty liver.
If ultrasound detected fatty liver, liver function index is double the
normal value (normal value of SGOT, SGPT (2 enzymes) = 5 ~ 40), or body
fat, more eliminating the causes of common diseases such as hepatitis
are hepatitis B
, hepatitis C, alcoholic hepatitis, autoimmune diseases, drugs (such as
steroids, immune therapy rheumatism) are factors Common causes of fatty
liver.
If liver function is 5 times higher than normal value, the doctor will
suggest to do a biopsy of the liver, more clearly defined organization
liver stage development of liver fibrosis, cirrhosis or not.
But because most people with fatty liver disease have no symptoms
accompanying desire to conduct a biopsy as this is very low, so most
people just take the blood test and ultrasound only.
Fatty liver simple and low no drugs to treat yourself to that effort. If you can reduce the fat starts from the control diet, exercise, work and rest it on time, it is the best thing.
If you have a fatty liver due to alcohol abuse alcohol, if the fatty
liver caused by the hepatitis C should be treated for hepatitis C; if the patient has diabetes must be controlled to a stable condition; if people with high cholesterol are at the proper time to take medication for the treatment reduces blood fat; at the same time pay attention to eat more fresh foods, not drugs indiscriminately to reduce the burden on the liver.
As for steatohepatitis, currently there is no cure.
For this problem the doctor said that steatohepatitis is not caused by a
virus, so there is no cure for hepatitis B antiviral such as hepatitis
C. Currently, although there is some secret drug benefit reduce blood
sugar can be used for patients steatohepatitis but the effect is not
clear success.
Doctors recommend that people with fatty liver with abnormal liver
function tests every 3 months it is best to get blood test, ultrasound
from one year once again, if the fatty liver alone was a half years as
one is.
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