Patient's question:
Hello doctor, I would like to consult some questions. Recently, a friend of mine needs to have a thorough physical check-up due to work requirements, and the result shows that he has fatty liver disease. He is quite worried about it. Is this disease treatable? The doctor said it's mild fatty liver disease. How should it be treated? Will it affect his work?Doctor's answer:
For the vast majority of fatty liver patients, lifestyle management such as dietary control and exercise is far more important than taking liver-protective medications. For simple fatty liver caused by obesity, the most important and only effective measure is dieting. For non-alcoholic fatty liver disease accompanied by elevated transaminases, dieting is also a prerequisite for liver-protective medications to take effect, highlighting the importance of dieting, dietary control, and exercise in the treatment of fatty liver. However, it needs to be emphasized that for fatty liver patients with elevated transaminases, in addition to weight control, stable blood sugar reduction, lipid control, dietary control, and exercise, liver-protective medications should also be taken as supplementary treatment. This can effectively prevent the further progression of liver disease. But this is a short-term approach and is merely an auxiliary measure.