Fatty liver disease is a manifestation of many

No specific drug that can cure fatty liver without treatment as the main cause of obesity, increased blood fats, alcohol ...

Many people when physical exam, periodic medical examination by a doctor diagnosis of fatty liver while absolutely no symptoms of abnormal hepatobiliary tract. So many people feel confused. So What is fatty liver? Is it dangerous? The treatment and diet like?

Approximately 70% of patients with fatty liver due to obesity. Photo: benres

Fatty liver, also called hepatic steatosis is a stagnation of fat in the liver due to many reasons. Normal fat accounts for about 3-5% by weight of the liver. Mild fatty liver as fat in the liver accounts for 5-10%, 10-25% if the moderate steatosis and if more than 30% as severe steatosis. The degree of fatty liver disease also depends on the cause and compliance with treatment regimes.

Fatty liver is not a disease but a clinical manifestation of many different diseases. Therefore wanted to treat fatty liver is to treat the cause of fatty liver and no specific drugs that can cure this condition without treating the cause.

There are many causes of fatty liver as obesity, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, alcoholism, hepatitis, by the use of some medications, such as corticosteroids, tamoxiphen, amiodarone ... Specifically, 70% of patients with liver steatosis due to obesity.

Obesity

Fatty liver is common in patients with obesity and steatosis degree also related to the degree of obesity, especially abdominal obesity. There are 80% to 90% of patients were obese fatty liver. If obese, the degree of fatty liver also heavier and longer days will likely lead to hepatic steatosis and inflammation can eventually progress to cirrhosis.

So for the treatment of fatty liver for obese people, it is important to implement appropriate weight loss program. Specifically, not only reduce high-fat diet, which should reduce the intake of foods high in carbohydrates, fresh water because if excess carbohydrates will be converted into fat and stored in the organs in the abdomen and liver , tim ...

Diabetes

Fatty liver is less common in patients with type I diabetes, but very common in patients with type II diabetes due to a disorder of fat metabolism. An estimated 50% of patients with type II diabetes, fatty liver was.

If that diabetics are obese, the degree of hepatic steatosis and are at higher risk of cirrhosis. So good treatment of diabetes, blood sugar stable, well done the right weight loss program is of prime importance to ameliorate hepatic steatosis in patients with diabetes.

Hyperlipidemia

Hyperlipidemia or hyperlipidemia (including hypertriglyceridemia, hypercholesterolemia, or both) is frequently associated with fatty liver with a relatively high rate.

Treat increased blood fat restricted diet as fat, eat less meat, fish enhancement (or drink more omega 3 fish oil), green vegetables, beans, fruits, eat less sweet, limited alcohol (do not drink more than 2 cans per day for men and one for women lon) as in beer, less fat, but they have more energy and hollow portion of this excess energy will be converted into fat deposited in called belly fat belly.

The implementation of good diet that is not reasonable to use medication to reduce blood fat also contributes to ameliorate hepatic steatosis.

Alcoholism

Fatty liver is common in alcoholics. The increased synthesis and resolution reduction of fat in the liver as a result of chronic alcoholism as being fat accumulation in the liver.

Fatty liver in alcoholics often can recover but if you continue to drink alcohol leads to alcoholic hepatitis and cirrhosis. Besides the regular use of drugs such as acemol, panadol ... to reduce headaches after drinking alcohol cause liver damage faster. So there is no magic pill to cure or to prevent fatty liver cirrhosis by good wine by way of alcohol before it is too late.