Gastroenterologist Evgenia Melnikova: when the liver is filled with fat, it begins to press on the heart, especially when lying on the left side.
Doctor Melnikova said that fatty liver disease (fatty hepatosis) occurs both in people who abuse alcohol and in people who do not drink, but are not particularly scrupulous about their choice of products. In most cases, fatty liver disease is the result of a high-calorie diet with an excess of refined carbohydrates, saturated fat and trans fats.
Melnikova emphasized that fatty hepatosis can proceed for a long time without noticeable symptoms – you can find out about its existence only by conducting an ultrasound, CT or MRI of the abdominal organs. In addition, it can manifest itself with non-specific signs – fatigue, decreased performance, loss of appetite, irritability.
If a person lives for years with a liver filled with fat, unfavorable manifestations of the pathology can occur. Doctor Melnikova named heart pain among the symptoms of fatty liver disease, which occurs with a completely healthy heart.
“When the liver is filled with fat, it doesn't have enough space, and it starts to press on the heart, especially when lying on the left side. Therefore, if everything is fine with the heart, but it hurts, you should check the liver,” the doctor advised in a conversation with Gazeta.Ru.
Also, due to pathological fatty liver, visual impairment may occur, associated with vitamin A deficiency due to impaired bile production. In addition, fatty liver does not cope well with the processing of vitamin D, which results in problems with the joints.
“Dangerous symptoms of fatty liver also include nosebleeds and bruises on the skin, caused by a decrease in the synthesis of blood clotting factors in the liver cells, as well as gynecomastia (an increase in the size of the mammary glands according to the female type in men) and spider veins on the body due to excess accumulation of estrogen,” the doctor warned.
Earlier, the MedikForum.ru portal wrote about what kind of pain is the most dangerous for a person, increasing the risk of death for him.
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Evgeniya Melnikova Health gastroenterologist