Later-stage fatty liver disease can lead to liver failure, cirrhosis, and even death.
The liver is involved in more than 500 functions, including removal toxins from the blood. Therefore, any problems with this organ can cause complications throughout the body.
Fatty liver disease (non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, NAFLD) is the name for a number of liver diseases that are not caused by alcohol abuse. The disease is the result of the accumulation of fat in the body.
In the early stages, it does not cause problems and is not accompanied by symptoms, but over time it can lead to serious problems.
Cirrhosis is the most severe stage of NAFLD, which occurs after many years of inflammation. The liver becomes bumpy and wrinkled, scars appear on it. Scar tissue replaces healthy tissue and interferes with normal liver function.
The damage caused by cirrhosis can become so extensive that the liver stops functioning. This is called liver failure. Cirrhosis is often fatal.
According to hepatologists, when the liver loses its ability to work properly, a person feels loss of appetite, nausea and itchy skin. In later stages, symptoms include jaundice, bloody vomiting, dark, tarry stools, and accumulation of fluid in the legs (edema) and abdomen (ascites).
One of the symptoms of liver damage is easily noticed when brushing your teeth. We are talking about bleeding gums.
– Hepatitis is characterized by the development of bleeding gums, since many blood clotting factors are synthesized in the liver. Taking into account the fact that the blood coagulation system works on the principle of a cascade, the lack of at least one element leads to a violation, doctors say.
Other symptoms of liver problems:
- Fatigue and weakness
- Loss of appetite
- Weight loss
- Nausea and vomiting
- Soreness in the right hypochondrium
- Severe, sometimes unbearable itching
- Yellowing of the skin and whites of the eyes (jaundice)
- Hair loss
- Bouts of fever
- Swelling of the legs, ankles, and feet
- Bloating (abdomen) ) due to a buildup of fluid known as ascites.
There are a number of factors that can increase your risk of developing fatty liver disease:
- Obesity, especially abdominal fat
- Type 2 diabetes
- Insulin resistance
- Underactive thyroid
- High blood pressure
- High cholesterol
- Metabolic syndrome (combination of diabetes, high blood pressure and obesity)
- Age over 50
- Smoking .
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Important! purposes. Ask a specialist about contraindications and side effects and under no circumstances self-medicate. At the first sign of illness, consult a doctor.