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If you’re living with significant liver damage due to an untreated, chronic Hepatitis C infection you’re likely to need emotional and/or physical support at certain points in your journey.
The first line of treatment for MASLD and MASH is weight loss, done through a combination of calorie reduction, exercise, and healthy eating. Weight loss can reduce fat and inflammation in the liver.
Often the first sign of liver disease occurs when cirrhosis has developed typically after many years of having MASLD.
If you have MASH you may experience intense itching, a swollen belly, bruise and bleed easily, yellowing of the skin and eyes, behavior changes, slurred speech, and confusion.
MASH 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.
MASH is the more severe form of MASLD in which you have hepatitis and liver cell damage. Inflammation and liver cell damage can cause fibrosis, or scarring, of the liver.
Learn if you or someone you love is at risk of getting HE, what triggers this complication and how it’s exhibited.
Meet David Frank, ALF National Board Member, caregiver and passionate advocate. September 2014 will be forever etched in his memory, a roller-coaster of emotions in their most extreme form.
Meet David Frank, ALF National Board Member, caregiver and passionate advocate. September 2014 will be forever etched in his memory, a roller-coaster of emotions in their most extreme form.
When possible, provide your doctor a detailed family health history to determine your own risks for liver disease. There are genetic or hereditary liver diseases that can run in families.
Got questions about your liver, about liver disease, about how to stay healthy or what steps top take next? View some of our most frequently asked questions here.