Can the symptom of fatty liver be serious?
During an ultrasound examination, the doctor detected a slight fatty liver. Is this something dangerous, and can further progression of the condition be stopped through diet or medication? ~ Marcin 49 years old
Fatty liver can be caused by many reasons, it often occurs in people who consume alcohol, also in small amounts, but systematically, in patients with abdominal obesity, diabetes, and hypertriglyceridemia. Reducing alcohol consumption, a diet with limited animal fat and weight loss can inhibit the progression of fatty liver, or even regress it. If you do not have the above-mentioned risk factors for fatty liver, or if you have abnormal results of “liver tests” (elevated transaminases), the diagnosis should be extended to tests for viral hepatitis and other rarer forms of fatty liver disease.
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