What are the harms of fatty liver

Fatty liver is a relatively serious liver disease that may cause great harm to the patient's body at any time. The cause of fatty liver is closely related to the patient's living habits. Therefore, paying attention to protecting the liver and preventing fatty liver needs to start from life. To prevent fatty liver, we must first understand the harm of fatty liver. Let's take a look at the explanation below.

Harm 1: Promote the formation of atherosclerosis

Fatty liver patients are often accompanied by hyperlipidemia, increased blood viscosity, and low-density lipoprotein

(LDL) has an extremely small molecular weight and can easily pass through the arterial endothelium and deposit on the blood vessel wall, reducing arterial elasticity, narrowing the diameter, and weakening flexibility, ultimately leading to blood circulation disorders, blood vessel rupture, and life-threatening situations.

Harm 2: Inducing or aggravating hypertension and coronary heart disease

Arteriosclerosis is closely related to hypertension and coronary heart disease. Studies have shown that patients with alcoholic fatty liver combined with hypertension and coronary heart disease are prone to myocardial infarction and sudden death.

Hazard 3: Encephalopathy and fatty liver syndrome

The main symptoms are diffuse cerebral edema and severe hepatic fatty degeneration, with an enlarged liver and a firm texture. It is accompanied by significant brain symptoms: convulsions, progressive loss of consciousness and even coma, with a mortality rate as high as 70-80%.

Harm 4: Leading to cirrhosis and even liver cancer

The final result of various liver diseases is often cirrhosis, and fatty liver is no exception. The probability of cirrhosis developing into hepatocellular carcinoma is higher. Cirrhosis is divided into compensated stage and decompensated stage. Once cirrhosis develops to the decompensated stage, hepatic coma, ascites, massive gastrointestinal bleeding, liver failure, hepatorenal syndrome, etc. are very likely to occur, and the end of life is not far away.