Fatty liver (patient information)

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What is fatty liver?

How do I know if I have fatty liver and what are the symptoms of fatty liver?

There are usually no symptoms that are noticeable to the patient with fatty liver. They often learn about their fatty liver when they have medical tests for other reasons. With the disease developing, patients may experience:

Other health problems may also cause these symptoms. Only a doctor can tell for sure. A person with any of these symptoms should tell the doctor so that the problems can be diagnosed and treated as early as possible.

Who is at risk for fatty liver?

How to know you have fatty liver?

Fatty liver may often be discovered while the physician is evaluating a patient for other illnesses. The goal of the following tests is to rule out other liver diseases, such as hepatitis and cirrhosis.

Blood tests: Blood tests including complete blood count, liver function test, coagulation function test, etc. There may be a rise in certain liver enzymes found in the blood.
Imaging procedures and biopsy: Images studies such as ultrasound, computerized tomography (CT), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can show the constructure of liver and rule out other liver diseases. These images may show a slightly enlarged liver. To be certain of a diagnosis of fatty liver, the physician may recommend a liver biopsy. These images tests can guide biopsy and a biopsy sample is usually removed and looked at under a microscope by a pathologist.