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The article is expertly consulted by MSc Vu Tan Phuc - Department of Medical Examination & Internal Medicine, Vinmec Phu Quoc International General Hospital.Fatty liver is a common metabolic disease. The accumulation of too much fat in the liver will cause fatty liver disease. Depending on the severity, the disease is divided from mild to severe. So what is mild fatty liver?
1. The role of the liver in the body
The liver is one of the major organs of the human body, responsible for many different important roles in the metabolism of nutrients as well as helping the body to eliminate toxins. At the same time, this is also a place to store glycogen (a precursor of sugar), synthesize proteins, and secrete bile to help the digestive system. Therefore, a healthy liver is a key factor in our health.2. What is fatty liver?
Normally, a healthy liver will have about 3-5% of its weight as fat. Fatty liver is a disease when the amount of fat accumulated in the liver exceeds 5% of the liver weight. Fatty liver has different grades according to the proportion of excess fat accumulated inside:
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3. What is the cause of mild fatty liver?
Currently, mild fatty liver is caused by many factors, including many factors in daily life, living habits as well as diet. Some common causes of mild fatty liver:Improper nutrition, using a lot of fat and grease. Unscientific living habits, lack of physical activity. Use stimulants such as tobacco and alcohol. Weight abnormalities such as overweight, obesity or malnutrition. Due to hepatitis viruses. Complications of other diseases such as dyslipidemia, diabetes ... Genetics or endocrine disorders.
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4. Signs of mild fatty liver disease
Mild fatty liver is considered an early, new-onset stage of fatty accumulation in the liver. At this stage, the liver has only accumulated a small amount of fat, so its functions have not been affected.Due to the new onset, if detected early, the treatment will be easier, mainly to find the risk factors and causes of fatty liver disease to prevent the disease from getting worse. In the stage of mild fatty liver, the disease manifestations may include:
Digestive disorders, loss of appetite, loss of appetite, easy bloating, indigestion. Fatigue, feeling nauseous or vomiting. Dull right lower quadrant abdominal pain. Sometimes discovered incidentally on general abdominal ultrasound with enlarged liver and internal fat deposition. Because the symptoms of mild fatty liver disease are unclear and non-specific, early detection of the disease is relatively difficult. Therefore, it is necessary to have a comprehensive health check-up periodically to detect diseases and treat them promptly.
5. Treatment of mild fatty liver
Mild fatty liver can be treated with the following methods:5.1. Limit stimulants, tobacco, alcohol Alcohol and tobacco are factors that increase the amount of excess fat accumulated in the liver and limit the synthesis of lipoproteins to move fat out of the liver... The combination of both factors increases the risk of fatty liver disease and impaired liver function.
Therefore, to treat mild fatty liver, limiting alcohol and tobacco is a very important factor to help prevent the disease from getting worse.
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Therefore, limiting the accumulation of fat particles in the liver structure, helping patients feel excited, full of energy, strengthening the immune system...
In addition, the exercise Daily exercise also helps control excess body fat, stabilizes dyslipidemia. When total body fat is reduced, the percentage of fat stored in the liver is also reduced. From there, it will help treat mild fatty liver effectively.
5.3. Changing your diet When you are in the mild stage of fatty liver, changing your diet is considered the most effective treatment.
Limit foods containing a lot of fat, especially animal fat or animal organs in the daily menu. The reason is that when animal fat is absorbed by the body, it will be transferred to the liver for metabolism and excretion. If used in excessive amounts, it will become a burden on the liver, making it impossible for this organ to eliminate excess fat and accumulate in the liver structure, causing fatty liver disease. If not prevented in time, fat accumulates more and more, the severity of the disease becomes more and more severe. Therefore, the effective way to treat mild fatty liver is to limit animal fat and replace it with vegetable oils in the daily diet. Limit red meat such as pork, beef, buffalo... Red meat contains a lot of protein, the body absorbs a lot, increases the metabolic burden on the liver and inadvertently affects the ability to transport fat out of the liver. , accumulate and cause fatty liver . It is best to limit red meat, replace it with white meat (chicken, duck) or use vegetable protein to help the liver have the best health. Limit hot spicy foods. Decreased liver function can be caused by the body consuming too much hot spicy food, making the liver unable to excrete fat and causing mild fatty liver.
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Currently, Vinmec International General Hospital is implementing a hepatobiliary screening package that includes all diagnostic tests for liver diseases, bringing peace of mind and accurate results to customers.
Hepatobiliary screening package helps customers: Assess the liver's ability to work through liver enzyme tests; Evaluation of bile function; Perform tests such as complete blood cell analysis, screening for hepatitis B and C; Assessment of hepatobiliary status by ultrasound images.
When there are signs of liver dysfunction or even if there are no symptoms, people with fatty liver disease should actively test liver function. This is necessary to protect your own health.
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