What are the causes of fatty liver

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My father used to be in good health, but a few days ago when his company organized a physical examination, it was found that he had fatty liver. My mother and I were worried, and some didn't believe it, because my father was in good health all the time, and we didn't know what caused it. Now let's understand the causes of fatty liver.

What are the causes of fatty liver

First: dietary factors: first of all, long-term malnutrition, hunger or long-term consumption with high fat and cholesterol (such as fat, egg yolk, cream, chocolate, etc.) are the important reasons for the formation of fatty liver. In addition, it should be emphasized that once many patients are infected with liver disease or other chronic diseases and are at a resting stage, they will be given increased nutrition and high calorie diet without restraint, or long-term continuous intravenous drip of high concentration glucose, resulting in over nutrition and eventually fatty liver.

Second: long term heavy drinking: under the effect of alcohol, it can also cause the disorder of fat metabolism in the liver, the accumulation of fat cells and the occurrence of "chronic alcoholic fatty liver". Obesity: about half of obese patients can have mild fatty liver: in severe obesity, the incidence rate of fatty liver can reach as high as 60%-90%. It can be seen that obese patients have obvious tendency of fatty liver.

Third: drugs or chemical poisons: such as steroid hormone, growth hormone, salicylic acid preparation (such as aspirin), some sedative hypnotics, benzene, arsenic, alcohol, iodoform, carbon tetrachloride, antimony commonly used in industry or laboratory are easy to induce fatty liver. Infection: such as tuberculosis, chronic ulcerative colitis, chronic bronchitis, chronic liver, gallbladder and kidney diseases can often be accompanied by fatty liver

matters needing attention

There are many reasons for fatty liver, for example, long-term bad eating habits, often eat high-fat food, often drink, it is easy to cause fatty liver, and people who are fat are also easy to get fatty liver. So in order to cure fatty liver, in addition to active treatment, but also pay attention to the usual diet, less drinking, more exercise to lose weight.