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Fatty liver disease is often discovered during routine blood tests for other medical conditions. Your blood work may show high levels of liver enzymes, or ultrasounds might reveal your liver is enlarged.
Body mass index (BMI) is a common tool for deciding whether a person has an appropriate body weight. It measures a person’s weight in relation to their height.
Often the first sign of liver disease occurs when cirrhosis has developed typically after many years of having NAFLD.
If you have NASH you may experience intense itching, a swollen belly, bruise and bleed easily, yellowing of the skin and eyes, behavior changes, slurred speech, and confusion.
NASH is more likely to occur in people who are older, have type 2 diabetes, have high blood pressure, are post-menopausal women or are obese with body fat concentrated around the waist.
NASH is the more severe form of NAFLD in which you have hepatitis and liver cell damage. Inflammation and liver cell damage can cause fibrosis, or scarring, of the liver.
Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), now called metabolic dysfunction associated steatohepatitis or MASH, is a severe form of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease that […]
A powerful illustration of the progression of liver disease and fatty liver disease.