Patient's question:
In recent years, my father-in-law has become quite thin. He has been suffering from high blood pressure and heart disease for several years. The doctor has always advised him to diet and exercise more, but he simply doesn't like to be active. Over the past few months, my father-in-law has had no appetite for dinner, often feeling nauseous, and even experiencing dry heaves. His complexion has also become rather pale. My mother-in-law mentioned that my father-in-law might have developed fatty liver disease.Doctor's answer:
The clinical manifestations of fatty liver are diverse. Mild fatty liver often lacks clinical diagnostic symptoms and is easily overlooked. It is recorded that about 25% or more of fatty liver patients have no symptoms in clinical diagnosis. Some may only feel fatigue, while most fatty liver patients are overweight, making it even harder to detect mild subjective symptoms. Currently, fatty liver patients are often discovered incidentally during health check-ups. Severe fatty liver has symptoms similar to chronic hepatitis, which may include loss of appetite, fatigue, nausea, dry vomiting, weight loss, and dull pain in the liver region or upper right abdomen.