According to the "Chinese Fatty Liver Disease Treatment Guidelines (Popular Science Edition)", the prevalence of fatty liver disease in adults in mainland China has reached 12.5% to 35.4%, and on average, 1 in 3 people suffer from fatty liver.
But most people do not know enough about fatty liver, thinking that it does not matter, and it will not be too harmful to the body.
Note: The risk of mild fatty liver death is also elevated
Foreign studies have confirmed that even if it is a mild fatty liver, the risk of death will increase by 71%, and the heavier the degree of fatty liver, the higher the risk of death.
Fatty liver is an important factor causing cirrhosis and extrahepatic cancer, a large amount of fat accumulation in the liver, will affect the metabolism of the liver, resulting in degeneration and necrosis of liver cells, and eventually develop into cirrhosis and liver cancer.
Is mild fatty liver reversible?
Patients with mild fatty liver disease do not have to worry too much, mild fatty liver disease can be reversed, if the liver function is normal, there is no need to use drugs.
Life and diet need to be done well, such as abstinence from alcohol, control diet, but also active exercise, reduce high-protein, high-fat and sugary foods. From the aspect of exercise and diet, it is still possible to reverse mild fatty liver.
If fatty liver disease has caused abnormal liver function, or if there is an elevated aminotransferase test, medication should be performed under the guidance of a doctor.
Who is susceptible to mild fatty liver disease?
Suffering from fatty liver, indicating that the lifestyle is relatively unhealthy, such as people who like to drink alcohol for a long time, the damage to liver cells is very large, causing liver cell fat oxidation, and then fatty liver.
People who regularly eat high-fat, high-calorie diets, people who love to drink drinks, and people who love to eat fried foods and grilled foods, these unhealthy diets can also cause fatty liver.
People who abuse drugs, because most of the drugs need to be metabolized by the liver, will also damage the metabolism of liver and lipoproteins, inducing fatty liver.
People who are obese for a long time, have elevated blood lipids, and people who are too thin can also induce fatty liver disease.
The main thing is lifestyle changes, so if you want to prevent and change fatty liver, you can start from lifestyle to prevent and reduce the occurrence of fatty liver.
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