Can liver obesity be cured? How is the disease manifested? What are the causes and its consequences? Typically, these questions are asked by a patient who has heard a frightening diagnosis.
As a rule, treatment of liver obesity begins already at an advanced stage, since the disease is diagnosed only with a special examination. The course of the course of the disease is almost always asymptomatic. Sometimes there may be complaints of discomfort (including heaviness in the right hypochondrium), which intensifies during movement. Ultrasound of the liver usually does not show a picture of the disease (echogenicity is usually normal or slightly elevated, as with fibrosis and cirrhosis). The disease can be detected only after computed and (or) magnetic resonance imaging. Sometimes, for complete certainty, you have to go through both. But even after confirming the diagnosis, treatment for liver obesity begins after an aimed biopsy. The accumulation of fat in liver cells is usually a reaction to intoxication.
Obesity of the liver, causes:
- ingestion of toxic substances;
- alcohol abuse
- diseases of the PS (digestive system) with the presence of the syndrome of "malabsorption";
- diabetes mellitus (with obesity);
- general obesity;
- unbalanced diet (including starvation);
- myxedema;
- Cushing's syndrome.
Treatment of liver obesity begins with a diet similar to table diet No. 5, but with a different amount of protein (it should be more (up to 120 g). Animal fats are minimized. Drugs are prescribed: lipostabil, essentiale-forte, lipofarm, legalon, lipoic acid , B12. Courses - three-week, with a three-month break.
Treatment of obesity of the liver is also possible with the use of herbal medicine.
- Collection No. 1. Ground composition of: rose hips (15 g), corn columns with stigmas (15 g), horsetail (15 g), medicinal chamomile (10 g), sandy immortelle inflorescences (20 g), wild strawberry leaf ( 10 g), birch leaves (5 g), juniper fruits (5 g), forest dried pineapple (5 g), dill seeds only (5 g), marigold color (5 g) - is poured into a dense package and consumed as necessary. For the preparation of the broth, 2 tbsp. l collection for 500-550 ml of boiling water (collection is insisted in a thermos). The medicine is taken at a quarter cup per day. The course is three months. Next, a break of no more than two weeks is made, and the composition changes (see collection No. 2).
- Gathering No. 2 is prepared from: forest pineapple (5 g), juniper only fruits (5 g), birch leaves (5 g), dill only seeds (5 g), calendula flowers (5 g). Preparation and use, as in the collection No. 1. Further, the composition changes again (see collection No. 3).
- Collection No. 3 is prepared from: nettle leaves (20 g), grass of the Volodushka (20 g), birch buds (20 g), calendula color (10 g), ordinary mint (10 g), dill seeds (10 g), geranium ( 15 g), plantain leaves (10 g). Preparation and use, see the description of collection No. 1. After a break, they proceed to the course of treatment with collection No. 4.
- Gathering No. 4 is prepared from: primrose root (5 g), honeywort (5 g), violet grass (5 g), mullein flowers (5 g), plantain leaves (10 g), succession (10 g), raspberry leaves (10 g), birch buds (5 g), nettle leaves (10 g), fruit dill (5 g), meadowsweet flowers (10 g). For preparation and use, see the description of collection No. 1. After the break, they proceed to collection No. 5.
- Collection No. 5 is prepared from: meadowsweet (15 g), plantain leaves (10 g), radish root (5 g), succession (15 g), sweet clover grass (10 g), fireweed (10 g), birch buds (10 g ), St. John's wort (5 g), calamus (10 g), nettle leaves (10 g), wormwood (5 g), chamomile (10 g), dandelion root (10 g), bird cherry fruit (5 g), yarrow ( 5 g), marshmallow root (10 g), elecampane root (10 g). For preparation and use, see the description of collection No. 1. After the break, they proceed to collection No. 6.
- Collection No. 6 is prepared from: Scutellaria root (15 g), scapula (15 g), wormwood (10 g), raspberry leaf (25 g), rosehip berries (25 g). For preparation and use, see the description of collection No. 1. After the break, they proceed to collection No. 7.
- Collection No. 7 is prepared from: birch buds (10 g), nettle leaf (10 g), raspberry leaf (15 g), lungwort (10 g), melilot (10 g), dill seeds (5 g), licorice roots (15 g), the root of Scutellaria (5 g). A quarter cup is taken four times a day. After the break - collection number 8.
- Collection No. 8 is prepared from: celandine (5 g), grass of Volodushka (10 g), root of Scutellaria (15 g), motherwort herb (15 g), marigold flowers (10 g), mint (5 g), tansy color ( 10 g). For preparation and use, see the description of collection No. 1. After a break, they proceed to collection No. 9.
- Collection No. 9 is prepared from: volodyushka grass (15 g), saussure (10 g), Scutellaria root (15 g), herb chicory (20 g), dandelion root (20 g), marina root (15 g). A quarter cup is taken four times a day. After the break - collection number 10.
- Collection No. 10: horsetail (10 g), licorice root (25 g), juniper fruit (5 g), marshmallow root (15 g), meadowsweet color (15 g), flaxseed (5 g), dandelion root (10 g ), marigold flowers (10 g), oregano (5 g). After the break - collection No. 11. For the preparation and application of collection No. 10, see the description of collection No. 1 (similarly).
- Collection No. 11 is prepared from: a series of (10 g), raspberry leaves (25 g), grass knotweed (10 g), meadowsweet color (10 g), licorice (15 g), grass buds (10 g), yarrow grass (10 g), marigold flowers (10 g), peppermint (5 g), violet grass (5 g), chamomile (10 g). After the break - collection No. 12.
- Collection No. 12: rose hips (10 g), dandelion root (10 g), hawthorn fruits (10 g), elecampane root (10 g), chicory herb (10 g), goldenrod (5 g), tansy (5 g) , motherwort herb (5 g), celandine (5 g), volodyushka (5 g), yarrow (5 g), calendula color (5 g), mint (5 g), licorice (15 g). Then - a break, then - collection No. 13.
- Collection No. 13: dill seeds (5 g), coriander (5 g), fireweed (15 g), chamomile (10 g), hop in cones (10 g), oregano (10 g), nettle (10 g), mint (10 g), meadowsweet color (10 g), calamus root (10 g), cyanosis root (5 g). After the break - collection No. 14.
- Collection No. 14: calendula color (10 g), goldenrod (15 g), dill seeds (10 g), elecampane root (10 g), leuzea root (20 g), celandine (5 g). Again a break and further - collection No. 15.
- Collection No. 15: elecampane root (20 g), calamus root (15 g), mint (20 g), birch buds (10 g), motherwort herb (10 g), dandelion root (10 g).
Treatment for liver obesity should not be done on its own. Any therapy requires supervision by specialists!