No direct relationship between Fatty liver and liver cancer
The annual physical examination, there is always a significant proportion of people were checking out with “fat liver”, it was regarded as a “rich man’s disease”, “common diseases” laugh, some people are worried: I have heard, fatty liver will deteriorate as the cirrhosis, and even liver cancer. So, is suffering from fatty liver in the end matter? And how should a scientific treatment? For this reason, diagnosis and treatment of fatty liver disease in Shanghai Research Center Professor Zeng Minde FAQ for many patients.
According to Professor Zeng Minde introduction causes of fatty liver is caused by a variety of clinical manifestations and pathological syndrome caused by different etiology and prognosis of fatty liver disease processes are different. Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is generally more long-range, Duocheng positive trends, the slow progress, of which about 30% of cases will develop into steatohepatitis, and the latter, 15% to 50% of the liver fibrosis, 7% ~ 25 % develop cirrhosis of the liver. Alcoholic fatty liver if they can stop drinking after more good fat in a few months later, the liver will gradually subside.
Fatty liver and liver cancer itself is not directly related, but a major cause of fatty liver – alcohol-induced cirrhosis of the liver and liver cancer with a certain relationship. Non-alcoholic fatty liver cirrhosis can also be complicated by hepatocellular carcinoma, should be higher than normal incidence of the high need for attention. Western countries, statistics, fatty liver disease in patients below 50 years of age can shorten the life span 4 years, so that patients over 50 years of age shorten the life span of 10 years. Nearly one-third of the development of fatty liver cryptogenic cirrhosis and other disorders involving not only the liver, but also to be part of metabolic syndrome affect the body organs.
Professor Zeng Minde said: Check out the fatty liver, the patient should go to the hospital for further treatment, to identify reasons and through dietary modification, exercise, correct the bad behavior or lifestyle, the majority of mild or moderate, simple fatty liver will subside or even completely back to normal. Pairs of fatty hepatitis or liver disease induced by the presence of high risk factors for patients with adjuvant therapy should be the drug of choice to promote intrahepatic fat dissipated to prevent liver cell necrosis, inflammation, fibrosis, and also to prevent the deterioration of other metabolic syndrome.