Fatty hepatosis is a disease characterized by obesity (steatosis) of liver cells followed by their massive necrosis. Subsequently, connective tissue grows at the site of necrosis.
Etiological factors
Currently, a huge number of factors have a negative impact on the human body. In connection with this very common disease, doctors recognize fatty liver hepatosis, the symptoms and treatment of which are current topics in modern gastroenterology. The following groups of etiological factors take place.
- Poisons that affect the body from the outside, including alcohol and drugs.
- Influence of internal factors arising from a number of diseases (ulcerative colitis and Whipple's disease, cystic sclerosis of the pancreas and diabetes mellitus, acute infections, sepsis), burns and injuries.
- X-ray exposure.
- Malnutrition (prolonged fasting, poorly balanced diet).
Symptoms anddiagnostics
Clinical manifestations, as a rule, are erased, and depend on the diseases that caused this pathology. However, it is still possible to identify the symptoms characteristic of the diagnosis of "fatty liver hepatosis". And the treatment, which is mainly aimed at eliminating the cause of the disease, should provide relief to the subjective state of the patient.
Often with this pathology there is dyspepsia, 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 may occur.
The diagnosis is helped by 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, which reveals areas of fatty infiltration in the liver.
The most accurate diagnosis of the disease is provided by liver biopsy followed by histological examination. The microscopic features of the affected cells are visualized through the use of special dyes.
Characteristic changes in blood tests. Here, an increase in cholesterol, activity of transaminases and alkaline phosphatase can be detected.
Treatment and prevention
There are times when symptoms are not too pronounced for such an ailment as fatty liver hepatosis. And the treatment begins late, when the diseaseis already at an advanced stage. It will take more time to deal with it. Sometimes only a liver transplant can help.
The first thing that needs to be provided to the patient is a balanced diet and proper drinking regimen. When fatty liver hepatosis is detected in patients, "Diet-5" must be observed without fail. Avoid foods that exacerbate symptoms. These include all fatty, spicy, spicy, pickled foods. Food is recommended to be steamed, boiled or stewed. Overeating is not allowed. A beneficial effect will be the presence in the daily diet of fruits and vegetables, especially cabbage. The minimum volume 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 of the above etiological factors: change jobs in case of hazardous production. At the same time, drug treatment of fatty hepatosis of the liver is also carried out. To do this, it is necessary to choose drugs that are safer in this situation, also aimed at identifying and eliminating the diseases that caused the development of this disease. Therapy aimed at eliminating unpleasant symptoms should also be carried out.
After the diagnosis of "fatty liver hepatosis" (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,undergoing an ultrasound examination of the liver.
