Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease is classified as either fatty liver (sometimes referred to as isolated fatty liver or IFL) or steatohepatitis (NASH). In both isolated fatty liver and NASH there is an abnormal amount of fat in the liver cells, but, in addition, in NASH there is inflammation...
Alcoholic fatty liver disease occurs in long-term heavy drinkers. People who are obese, female, and those who have certain gene mutations are more likely to get it, too. The disease may be silent and not cause any symptoms. Others may experience fatigue or abdominal discomfort in the area o...
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Fatty liver disease (FLD) means you have extra fat in your liver. You might hear your doctor call it hepatic steatosis. Most of the time, it doesn't cause symptoms, but over time a buildup of fat makes it harder for your liver to work. With diet and exercise, fatty liver disease ca...
NASH might get worse over time. Sometimes, it leads to serious scarring of the liver, called "cirrhosis." Cirrhosis can cause different symptoms, such as swelling in the legs, trouble breathing, or feeling tired. Do I need to follow up with my doctor?
Early symptoms of the disease are mild and much of the time are unnoticed by patients and doctors. A general feeling of malaise and fatigue can develop in individuals, along with mild jaundice. However, as symptoms become more severe, enlargement of the liver and spleen is commonplace, along ...
The term ''non-alcoholic fatty liver disease'' (NAFLD) includes cases with steatosis alone and those with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). Usually there are no signs or symptoms, sometimes fatigue or pain, and apart from hepatomegaly the condition is revealed by abnormal liver biochemistry ...
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has become the world's largest chronic liver disease, while there is still no specific drug to treat NAFLD. Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) have been widely used in hepatic diseases for centuries in Asia, and T
Although the exact etiology of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease is not clear, insulin resistance is thought to play an important factor. Patients typically present with asymptomatic serum aminotransferase elevations of 2-3 times normal. Symptoms may include fatigue and abdominal pain. The clinical ...
Symptoms of NAFLD only appear if the disease progresses to non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), which causes chronic inflammation of the liver and can lead to worse liver disease over time.2 For this meta-analysis, researchers amassed findings on more than 11 million middle-aged adults who par...