What is Fatty Liver disease?
Fatty liver is a common disease affecting 25% of people of the world severely, diabetic and obese people get attacked quickly.
Fatty liver is the condition in which fats accumulated within the cells of the liver and disturb the health conditions; sometimes, it becomes the reason for many other diseases.
The liver is the second main organ of your body, the function of the liver is very important it process drinks, food particles, and filter damaging matters from your blood.
Exceeding the limit of fat in the liver can cause liver failure or liver inflammation
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Types of Fatty liver
There are two important types of fatty liver disease:
- Alcoholic liver disease
- Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)
- Fatty liver disease can make your health conditions worse, and it may progress to serious complications, such as cirrhosis of the liver.
NAFLD presents no symptoms. When it occurs, the patient feels:
- Fatigues
- Pain in the upper right abdomen
Some signs of NASH indicate disease:
- jaundice due to accumulation of bilirubin
- ascites and edema due to decreased ratio of protein production by the liver,
- increased bruising
- Abdominal swelling
- Red palms
- Yellow skin and eyes
- associated mental confusion.
- Enlarged spleen
Diagnosing Fatty liver disease
When you feel severe health conditions visit your doctor, he will take your medical history, and analyze your health accordingly
Sometimes doctors ask to conduct some physical tests:
- Blood Tests
- Imaging Studies
- Liver Biopsy
No specific treatment discovered yet for fatty liver disease, but a change of lifestyle can significantly improve the health condition and even reverse it in the early stages. These changes include:
1. Avoiding alcohol.
If you are facing alcoholic liver disease, then leave alcohol, it is the most important thing you can do for yourself.
2. Losing weight.
This is not easy for many people to live with fatty liver disease, so having a well-designed weight management plan by a doctor or nutritionist can be beneficial.
Gradual weight loss can be useful, and sudden weight loss is not a good sign of health. Weight loss surgery may be recommended for some people.
3. Exercising.
Exercising helps to control the disease even it does not directly result in weight loss, and it is very worthwhile as exercise helps to reduce insulin resistance.
4. Controlling your blood sugar levels.
Properly check your sugar level and treat according to the doctor’s recommendations
5. Treating high cholesterol
You can take exercises or prescribed medicine to control cholesterol levels, in addition to dietary and lifestyle changes.
6. Avoiding medications that may affect your liver.
Avoid medicines that have not been prescribed by your doctor, especially medicines like steroids.
7. Quit smoking.
Smoking is the biggest reason for heart disease, so quit smoking to reduce your risk of heart disease.
Homeopathic medicines for fatty liver
Some homeopathic medicines help to treat fatty liver.
Chelidonium:
This medicine can help to reduce pain from the right upper abdomen, especially when the patient faced constipation issues, vomiting, and nausea.
Lycopodium:
If the patient feels burning and acidity, then Lycopodium helps to treat bloating and belching and helps to reduce burning sessions.
Symptoms of Fatty liver acidity are the extreme craving for hot drinks and sweets.
Calcarea carb:
Most obese patients are treated with this medicine, especially patients with a swollen abdomen and chronic constipation.
Foods to eat to avoid fatty liver disease
- Oily fish/fish oil is helpful to lessen liver fat. The experts recommend having oily fish two times a week.
- Nuts Very useful ingredient to manage liver fat, cholesterol, and blood fats, you can take a handful in a day for better health.
- Green and black tea may reduce the development of NAFLD, control blood fats, and helps to improve insulin level sensitivity.
- Red wine: Modest use of wine improves insulin resistance and maintains blood fats. Only 100-200ml is recommended for the desired effect.
- Avocados are the source of good fat content. They have lipid-lowering, anti-inflammatory, and weight maintenance properties.
- Olive oil is beneficial for people who are trying to use a low-fat diet. It helps to lower the lipid and reduces stress and liver fat. About 20g per day is the recommended quantity.
Final Thoughts
Fatty liver can cause several health issues it can diagnose and control at an early stage.
Physical activities, a healthy diet, and supplements can reduce the risk of serious liver disease.
Case Study:
Mrs Naheed completely Cured Fatty Liver by Homeopathic Treatment.
This article is for information only. It is not a substitute for professional medical diagnosis and treatment. Speak to your health care provider before using any medicine or treatment.