Fatty liver disease

Symptoms of fatty liver

In many cases, fatty liver causes no noticeable symptoms. But you may feel tired or experience discomfort or pain in the upper right side of your abdomen.

Some people with fatty liver disease develop complications, including liver scarring. Liver scarring is known as liver fibrosis. If you develop severe liver fibrosis, it’s known as cirrhosis.

Cirrhosis may cause symptoms such as:

• loss of appetite

• weight loss

• weakness

• fatigue

• nosebleeds

• itchy skin

• yellow skin and eyes

• web-like clusters of blood vessels under your skin

• abdominal pain

• abdominal swelling

• swelling of your legs

• breast enlargement in men

• confusion

Cirrhosis is a potentially life-threatening condition.

Causes of fatty liver

Fatty liver develops when your body produces too much fat or doesn’t metabolize fat efficiently enough. The excess fat is stored in liver cells, where it accumulates and causes fatty liver disease.

This build-up of fat can be caused by a variety of things.

For example, drinking too much alcohol can cause alcoholic fatty liver disease. This is the first stage of alcohol-related liver disease.

In people who don’t drink a lot of alcohol, the cause of fatty liver disease is less clear.

One or more of the following factors may play a role:

• obesity

• high blood sugar

• insulin resistance

• high levels of fat, especially triglycerides, in your blood

Less common causes include:

• pregnancy

• rapid weight loss

• some types of infections, such as hepatitis C

• side effects from some types of medications, such as methotrexate (Trexall), tamoxifen (Nolvadex), amiodorone (Pacerone), and valproic acid (Depakote)

• exposure to certain toxins

Certain genes may also raise your risk of developing fatty liver.

Medicine for treatment

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