Best Doctors for Fatty Liver in Guntur

Fatty liver, also termed as steatotic liver disease, is described as a liver disease due to accumulation of fat in the liver. Fatty liver is classified into various types, namely, alcohol related liver disease, non alcoholic fatty liver, metabolic dysfunction associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), MASLD and increased alcohol intake and metabolic associated fatty liver. The symptoms of fatty liver are abdominal pain or a feeling of fullness in the right upper side of the abdomen and extreme fatigue. This condition worsens and progresses to liver cirrhosis showing symptoms such as nausea, loss of appetite, unexplained weight loss, ascites, yellowish skin and whites of the eyes and edema. Fatty liver occurs due to factors such as alcohol use disorder, type 2 diabetes, certain medications, overweight and obesity, PCOD, obstructive sleep apnea, metabolic syndrome, hypothyroidism, hypogonadism and hypopituitarism. The management of fatty liver involves taking medications to manage the metabolic conditions, avoiding alcohol, losing weight, getting vaccinated for hepatitis A and hepatitis B.