Fatty Liver?

[sarah_theviper]

A few years ago I tried to donated plasma, and the results came back that I had a fatty liver.  I don't really drink much (actually they told me drinking caffenated beverages could cause it too), although at the time I was starving.  I was living off of green tea and one package of ramen noodles a day for about a month.  Weak as a kitten.  I kind of blew it off and have never been in to see anyone over it.  Should I?

[Paderla Anitha, DNB]

Hello and hope you are doing well.

You have to get yourself properly evaluated for the fatty liver changes. Fatty liver can be due to alcoholism when it is called Alcoholic fatty liver disease and the other one is Non alcoholic fatty liver disease, which is due to obesity, diabetes and high triglyceride levels. This can progress to cirrhosis of the liver and can be associated with hepatocellular carcinoma. So, prevention or cure is by avoiding alcohol and treating diabetes, obesity and high triglyceride levels. So, please follow up with your doctor.

Hope this helped and do keep us posted.

[ggreg]

Well, I do think if you start going to a family doc or an internal medicine doc as a regular thing, you should tell them about your fatty liver.  I have a fatty liver, I am older, and I used to drink when I was younger, thus the findings.  I see quite a few docs and none of them have talked to me about it in any way.  But I do know that I am annoyed that I have to take a medicine that has Tylenol mixed in with it, as that stuff can be hard on the liver.  So, I avoid things that might strain it up if I can.  It is a big filter for the body's toxins and helps food pass on through the digestive tract, so it's important that it not fail or get all clogged up.  My grandfather died of liver failure, but he had been going downhill on account of some heart problems.  But he drank hard when he was young, too, so it has always stuck in my mind, to watch out for my liver.  And the health care person was correct, a fatty liver can come from several things, you may wish to do a little online looking around, to see if it may indicate some kind of other health issue going on that has done this, becuz in addition to other things we consume that will cause a fatty liver, so too can some diseases.  That's about all I know about it.  I do not think it is a serious finding, other than what I've outlined here.