Does Fatty Liver Always Progress to Liver Disease Symptoms?
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As the name
suggests, liver disease symptoms are obviously more advanced than fatty liver, although in
some cases fatty liver can be the beginning stages of more advanced liver disease.
In other cases, people can have fatty liver for years and never progress to
liver disease symptoms.
Most
people think of liver disease such as cirrhosis of the liver in relation to
alcoholism, and although this is indeed one of the most common causes, it is not
the only cause. Of course, things like drug addiction (of both
prescription drugs as well as illegal drugs), viruses like hepatitis, autoimmune
diseases, as well as heavy concentrations of
environmental toxins and years of following poor nutritional diets heavy in
processed foods, chemical food additives, preservatives and pesticides will also
overload the liver until it has no choice but to end up developing liver disease
symptoms. Diabetes also increases the risk of developing liver disease
symptoms.
Some of
the more common liver disease symptoms are:
Jaundice
Anemia
Poor digestion
Vomiting (may include blood in vomit)
Nausea
Fluid build up in the abdominal cavity (called ascites)
Bloating or distended abdomen
Diarrhea
Light coloured stools (caused by blockage of bile, called cholestasis)
Itching
Thirst (excessive)
Frequent and excessive urination
High
blood pressure in the portal vein
Liver enlargement
Alcoholic hepatitis (inflammation of the liver)
Hepatitis
Alcoholic cirrhosis (destruction of liver tissue)
The early
stages of liver disease may not present many symptoms or they are very subtle or may be mistaken for other diseases and conditions.
As the disease progresses, the symptoms become more apparent.
(Some of the above symptoms are "end stage" liver disease.)
Liver
disease treatments
Fatty liver
or early stages of liver disease will respond favourably to treatments, but once
the liver disease has progressed, treatments may not be effective. Of
course, "end stage" liver disease is not treatable and would require liver
transplant for recovery. There is on-going research all the time in
developing new treatments for various liver diseases. If you do have the
above liver disease symptoms, talk to your physician to find out about diagnosis
and what would be suitable in your case.
Prevention
and supporting your liver before it progresses to these stages are the best
treatments ... an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
The "Stop Food Cravings!
" Detox Liver Program outlines 12 tips to support your liver ... alleviating
symptoms of Fatty Liver and Impaired Liver Function, which in turn, helps to
improve your health and lose weight in the process.
What is Liver Detox?
One of the main jobs of the
liver is to detoxify the body of toxins and unhealthy substances. In the
process of doing this job the liver can become overloaded. A liver detox
is a way of "cleansing" the liver and supporting it so that it can work more
efficiently. There are many ways of doing a liver detox, including
fasting and juice fasting, drinking "detox" smoothies and herbal teas, and
taking supplements that are known to support the liver.
My recommendation would be to
do a liver detox in a safe and liver supportive fashion by increasing the
amount of water you drink and eliminating processed foods and meats from your
diet. As a matter of fact, I believe that detoxifying your body and
liver is so important to your overall health that I wrote a new e-book
outlining a safe and easy detoxification program that will not only improve
your health, but will also "kick-start" your liver and elimination organs to
help you to eliminate fluid retention and toxins and fire your liver up to be
a fat-burner again.
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