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Fatty
liver disease, symptoms, diet, treatment, alcoholic
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Fatty liver disease, symptoms, diet, treatment, alcoholic
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Certain abnormal accumulation of fats in the liver cells causes fatty
liver which is a disease. Thorughout the world, this disease affects
heavy alcohol drinkers and obese people.
It is associated commonly with metabolic
syndromes, such as diabetes, obesity, hypertension, and dyslipidemia
or alcohol.
It can also be due to other causes or diseases which affect fat metabolism.
There are 2 different types of fatty liver disease: alcoholic
fatty liver disease and non-alcoholic
fatty liver disease.
It is difficult to distinguish between the 2 as both show macrovesicular
and microvesicular fatty changes during the different stages.
The "end stage liver failure"-Liver
damage that can lead to liver failure..
Fatty liver symptoms
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease does not have any symptoms. When people do have fatty liver symptoms, it may include fatigue, weight loss, and upper right-hand abdomen pain.
Fatty liver diet
Fatty liver
diet consists of high fiber foods – brown rice, essential fats
food, whole grains, and foods that are low in calories and saturated fats
– total fat should be no more than 30% of calories total. Seafoods
usually contain low fat.
Did you know that losing weight too fast can worsen fatty liver disease?
Many do not know, but this is true! Do not be too anxious about losing
too much weight in a short time.
Instead, go slow with it and lose just 10% of the weight over 6 months.
Fatty Liver Treatment
There is no standard
treatment for fatty liver disease. Doctors usually treat the risk
factors which cause the disease. For e.g. Doctors help one lose weight
if they are obese through exercise and diet. In some rare cases, surgery
and medications.
If the disease is caused by medication, the doctor may prescribe a different
medication.
Alcoholic Fatty Liver
Alcoholic fatty liver is a reversible and early of excessive consumption
of alcohol. Under the observation of the microscope, the fat accumulation
in the liver cells, known as fatty change or steatosis, can be viewed
as fatty globules. Large fatty globules are caused by alcoholism.
However, small fatty globules are caused by different factors.
Other macrovesicular steatosis causes are diabetes,
starvation and obesity.
A study was done to observe the pathologic changes in those with alcoholic liver disease. It can be divided into 3 groups, namely alcoholic fatty liver, also known as simple steatosis, alcohol-related cirrhosis, and alcoholic hepatitis.
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