Patient's question:
My husband never drinks beer, but recently during a company health check-up, it was discovered that he has mild fatty liver, in addition to hepatitis B. I knew about the hepatitis B because it's hereditary in his family—his grandfather, father, and uncle all had it. Now, developing fatty liver is just adding to his misfortunes.Doctor's answer:
Fatty liver is a common clinical diagnosis phenomenon, not a disease of reading difficulty. The clinical manifestations of fatty liver are diverse. Mild fatty liver may only cause fatigue, while most patients with fatty liver are overweight, making it harder to detect mild subjective symptoms. Moderate to severe fatty liver has symptoms similar to chronic hepatitis, such as poor appetite, fatigue, nausea, dry vomiting, weight loss, and dull pain in the liver region or upper right abdomen. Patients with fatty liver often have no subjective symptoms or only mild fatigue, poor appetite, abdominal pain, belching, or a sense of fullness in the liver region. Due to the frequent persistent or fluctuating decline in transaminase levels and liver enlargement, it is easily misdiagnosed as hepatitis, so special attention should be paid to distinguishing it.