Fatty hepatosis or obesity of the liver

In the process of vital activity of the human body there is a constant metabolism, in the event of its violation, various diseases of the body arise, which can lead to obesity of the organs.

Most of this influence the liver, as it accumulates fats, resulting in a disease such as obesity of the liver, leading in frequent cases to various complications. However, such a disease can appear for many other reasons:

- diabetes mellitus, accompanied by obesity;

- action on the body of toxins and antibacterial drugs;

- disruption of the endocrine system of the body;

- long-term restriction of food intake, vegetarianism, malnutrition;

- the presence of infections in the body, as well as diseases of the digestive system;

- Alcoholism.

Thus, obesity of the liver contributes to the change in the cells of the organ, reduces its function, disrupts the ability to produce bile. Also, this disease disrupts the process of cleansing the blood of various toxins and cholesterol, which leads to the development of complications and pathologies in other organs of the human body. The greatest danger in this is the oxidative process in the cells of the body, which leads to the development of hepatitis or cirrhosis.

It can be said that the obesity of the liver symptoms is fuzzy, only in some cases a person can complain of pain in the hypochondrium on the right side, nausea, general weakness. Often, people turn to a medical institution for other diseases, with fatty hepatosis found in them quite by accident.

Diagnosis of the disease is possible only with the help of co-performed tomography and liver biopsy, since ultrasound does not give any results. The human liver performs many functions, so it is almost impossible to detect their disturbances with the help of several tests.

During the examination, the doctor often finds an increase in the size of the liver, so a blood test is performed to detect the presence of inflammation and impairment of organ functions. It is mandatory to analyze for hepatitis, since this disease is the most common cause of liver damage, the level of ceruloplasmin, as well as studies to assess the process of iron metabolism in the body.

Considering the question of how to treat obesity of the liver, it should be noted that this process is quite long and begins with a sparing diet. An experienced specialist will help to choose the right diet, eliminating the consumption of fatty and spicy foods, as well as flour products. It is desirable to use as much as possible dairy products.

Treatment of a disease such as obesity of the liver should be complex. In combination with proper nutrition, the use of phytopreparations and vitamins is recommended, the use of medicines should be limited, since they can provoke an intoxication of the body. If medications are prescribed, their action is always directed towards the exchange of fat in the human liver.
An important point is the exclusion of disease-provoking factors. Most often, the disease is associated with alcohol and diabetes, so it is necessary to carry out treatment together with a narcologist, cardiologist and endocrinologist. In any case, the treatment is selected individually for each patient.

In medicine, it is considered that obesity of the liver is such a disease that does not progress. Only in rare cases fibrosis or cirrhosis can be observed, in all other cases the indices of laboratory analyzes do not change. It must be borne in mind that alcoholic obesity is several times more likely to develop into cirrhosis than fatty hepatosis, which occurs for other reasons.