Steatosis is the most common hepatosis, characterized by the accumulation of fat in the liver cells. In their current, focal diffuse steatosis of the liver is distinguished, in which fatty inclusions are scattered throughout the liver, and focal, inclusions are formed into a single spot. This disease is associated with changes in liver function in response to a pathological condition of the body or to toxic effects.
Causes of steatosis
The main factors of the disease are:
- disorders of metabolic processes (overweight, diabetes , hypertriglyceridemia);
- diseases of the digestive tract, in which the absorption of substances is impaired;
- unbalanced nutrition (starvation, systematic overeating);
- toxic effects of alcohol and drugs.
Fat infiltration, which is not due to alcohol abuse, is called non-alcoholic steatosis of the liver. This disease is quite common and is more common in fat people. The following groups of persons fall into the risk zone:
- age groups over 45;
- women;
- people who are obese;
- those with type 2 diabetes mellitus;
- persons with hereditary predisposition.
Steatosis of the liver - symptoms
For a long time the disease is asymptomatic, and its minor manifestations rarely disturb patients. As the development of steatosis and covering the larger surface of the liver, the first signs of the disease appear:
- fatigue, nausea;
- abdominal pain on the right side;
- susceptibility to colds.
For alcohol abusers, the rapid development of the disease is characteristic, accompanied by:
- hemolytic anemia;
- jaundice;
- abdominal pain;
- severe weight loss;
- nausea.
How to treat steatosis of the liver?
Treatment of the disease consists in combating the causes that caused it. When the patient is exacerbated, they are treated in the hospital, where he is assigned bed rest, diet and medication. When the disease begins to subside, the patient can be discharged home and further treatment should be performed on an outpatient basis.
The fight against liver steatosis medication involves treatment with drugs such as methionine, lipolic acid, vitamin B12, anabolic steroid agents.
As the patient recovers, the patient is prescribed physiotherapy, ultrasound treatment and ozone therapy.
Diet with steatosis of the liver
The diet is aimed at reducing the amount of fat consumed. Patients should be excluded from the diet:
- alcohol;
- fried and fatty foods;
- canned food;
- smoked products;
- carbonated drinks;
- coffee;
- mushrooms;
- sweet.
Patients are advised to use:
- dairy;
- cereals;
- meat and fish only in cooked or baked form.
To suppress the harmful effects of fat in food, it is recommended to add garlic, mustard, horseradish and wasabi.
Steatosis of the liver - treatment with folk remedies
Decrease the degree of obesity of the liver by using
- Clearing the liver of fat helps the use of bran. They are poured with boiling water, left to cool down and filtered. Take two spoons of soaked bran at a time. There should be three such receptions per day.
- A spoonful of dry hips is poured over with boiling water (200 ml) and insisted for two hours. The resulting broth should be filtered and drunk in half a glass fifteen minutes before sitting on the table. In addition to dogrose, you can use cones of hops, barberry, red ashberry.
- You can activate the process of blood supply to the liver by taking a decoction of St. John's wort , calendula, elecampane root and dandelion, corn stigmas.