| Fatty liver is a condition in which fat accumulates in | | | | removed.Fatty liver is diagnosed by eliminating the |
| the liver cells. However simple fatty liver does not | | | | chances of chronic liver disease, particularly from |
| damage the liver. Fat accumulation in the liver can be | | | | alcohol abuse. Images of the liver obtained through |
| caused by weight gain or diabetes mellitus. Fatty liver | | | | an ultrasound test, a CT scan or a magnetic |
| can occur with a lean diet and ailments such as | | | | resonance imaging (MRI) scan can diagnose a fatty |
| tuberculosis and intestinal bypass surgery for obesity. | | | | liver. In an ultrasound test, a fatty liver produces a |
| It can also occur while certain drugs like | | | | bright image in a ripple pattern. A CT scan will show a |
| corticosteroids. The condition is also caused by heavy | | | | picture in which the liver will appear less dense than |
| alcohol use. A patient is diagnosed as having a fatty | | | | normal.The treatment of fatty liver is linked with the |
| liver when fat makes up at least 10% of the | | | | cause. A simple fatty liver does not need treatment, |
| liver.Fatty food does not cause a fatty liver. It is a | | | | because it does not damage the liver cells. |
| common condition that is seen in people who are | | | | Overweight patients with fatty liver will have to |
| overweight or suffer from diabetes. Explanations for | | | | reduce their weight. Control of diabetes also |
| a fatty liver include the transfer of fat from other | | | | decreases the fat content in the liver.Another |
| parts of the body, or a spurt in the extraction of fat | | | | condition that causes fat deposit in the liver is the |
| presented to the liver from the intestine. Another | | | | nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). But, unlike a |
| argument is that the fat accumulates because the | | | | simple fatty liver, it causes damage to the liver cells. |
| liver is unable to change it into a form that can be | | | | |