Nonalcololic Fatty Liver Disease

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If you haven't heard of Nonalcololic Fatty Liver Disease you need to read this.

Nonalcololic Fatty Liver Disease is a term used to describe the accumulation of fat in the liver of people who drink little or no alcohol.

That's easy to figure out from its name. It can get serious. When that happens, it is called nonalcoholic steatohepatitis. For some people, it gets so bad it can lead to the liver failing.

Here are the symptoms: Fatigue, weight loss and a pain in the upper right abdomen.

No one is sure what causes it. The liver just cannot break down fats like it is suppose to. The forms the disease takes is:

The easiest to deal with is called nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Many people have this and never know it.

Another form is called Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis. When this happens, the liver becomes inflamed and doesn't act the way a normal liver does and it can lead to some severe complications.

Another form is Disease-associated Cirrhosis. Now the liver is becoming scarred and can lead to liver failure.

While doctors do not know what causes this disease, they are aware of certain people who have risk factors. The risk factors include:

Gastric bypass surgery High levels of triglycerides in the blood Some medications Obesity Rapid weight loss type 2 diabetes Wilson's disease

This is not a disease to be taken lightly as you'll read from a woman who's husband has the condition and is in the final stages.

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