Fatty hepatosis is a disease characterized by obesity (steatosis) of liver cells with subsequent massive necrosis. Subsequently, connective tissue grows at the site of necrosis.
Etiological factors
Currently, a huge number of factors have a negative effect on the human body. In connection with this very common disease, doctors recognize
fatty liver hepatosis, the symptoms and treatment of which are relevant topics in modern gastroenterology. The following groups of etiological factors occur.
- Poisons that affect the body from the outside, including alcohol and drugs.
- The impact of internal factors arising from a number of diseases (ulcerative colitis and Whipple's disease, cystic sclerosis of the pancreas and diabetes, with acute infections, sepsis), burns and injuries.
- X-ray exposure.
- Eating disorder (prolonged fasting, poorly balanced diet).
Symptoms and Diagnosis
Clinical manifestations, as a rule, are erased, and depend on the diseases that caused this pathology. However, nevertheless , symptoms typical of the diagnosis of “fatty liver hepatosis” can be distinguished. And treatment, aimed mainly at eliminating the cause of the disease, should provide relief of the subjective condition of the patient.
Often with this pathology, dyspepsia occurs, manifested by nausea, bitterness in the mouth, belching. Patients may experience discomfort, heaviness in the region of the right hypochondrium. Fatty hepatosis is often accompanied by dysbiosis. In addition, with this pathology, visual impairment can be observed.
The diagnosis helps the ultrasound of the liver, during which an increase in its size and, in some cases, foci of increased echogenicity are detected. The most specific study is computed tomography, through which areas of fatty infiltration are detected in the liver.
The most accurate diagnosis of the disease is provided by a liver biopsy followed by histological examination. The microscopic features of the affected cells are visualized by using special dyes.
Changes in blood tests are also characteristic. An increase in cholesterol, activity of transaminases and alkaline phosphatase can be detected here.
Treatment and prevention
There are times when symptoms are not too pronounced for such an ailment as fatty liver hepatosis. And treatment begins to be carried out late, when the disease is already at an advanced stage. To cope with it, it will take more time. Sometimes only liver transplantation can help .
The first thing that needs to be provided to the patient is a balanced diet and proper drinking regimen. When fatty hepatosis of the liver is detected in patients, Diet-5 should be followed without fail. Products that contribute to exacerbation of symptoms should be excluded. These include all fatty, spicy, spicy, pickled foods. Food is recommended to be steamed, boiled or stewed. Overeating is unacceptable. The presence in the daily diet of fruits and vegetables, especially cabbage, will have a beneficial effect. The minimum amount of fluid entering the body in the form of water, decoctions and teas per day should be at least two liters. Ideally, if the patient gives up smoking and alcohol.
It is necessary to exclude the impact of all the above etiological factors: to change the place of work in case of harmful production. At the same time, drug treatment of fatty liver hepatosis is also carried out . For this, it is necessary to choose safer drugs in this situation, also aimed at identifying and eliminating the diseases that caused the development of this ailment. Should be carried out and therapy aimed at eliminating unpleasant symptoms.
After the diagnosis of “fatty liver hepatosis” (the symptoms) is established and the treatment is carried out in full, patients are registered for at least a year. At the same time, they regularly take tests, undergo an ultrasound examination of the liver.