What is diffuse fatty liver disease

Diffuse fatty liver is a common liver disease. Its main symptom is fat sticking around the liver, which seriously affects the function of the liver and can cause patients to experience loss of appetite and abnormal liver function. If diffuse fatty liver is not treated by clearing the fat around the liver in time, it is likely to cause cirrhosis or fatty liver hepatitis, which will seriously affect the patient's life safety. I hope patients can pay attention to this.

Fatty liver is a common diffuse liver disease.

If diagnosed and treated in time, it can be reversed; otherwise, some patients may develop fatty liver hepatitis or even cirrhosis. Therefore, early diagnosis and treatment are very important to prevent the progression of fatty liver and improve prognosis. In the past, the diagnosis of fatty liver had to be confirmed based on liver biopsy. In recent years, with the development of imaging technology, especially the widespread application of CT, MRI and ultrasound imaging in clinical practice, a more accurate clinical diagnosis can be obtained without liver biopsy.

Since fatty liver lacks specific clinical manifestations and laboratory test indicators, and liver puncture biopsy is traumatic, ultrasound and CT are currently mainly used to diagnose fatty liver. It has been proven that imaging examinations can not only screen for fatty liver, but also confirm the diagnosis. Given that ultrasound diagnosis of fatty liver is economical, rapid, and non-invasive, regular ultrasound examinations of the liver for people at high risk of fatty liver are the best way to detect fatty liver early.

The so-called high-risk group for fatty liver refers to a group of people who have risk factors for fatty liver and are more likely to develop fatty liver than the general population. The high-risk groups for fatty liver mainly include those with obesity, especially visceral fat obesity; diabetes, especially adult-onset non-insulin-dependent diabetes; long-term heavy drinkers; hyperlipidemia, especially those with elevated blood triglycerides; long-term use of liver-damaging drugs; and individuals with a family history of obesity, diabetes and fatty liver.

In short, people with risk factors for fatty liver should have self-care awareness and should undergo regular (1 to 2 times a year) liver B-ultrasound and other imaging examinations to detect fatty liver at an early stage.