Patient's question:
My husband has had fatty liver for over a month. He hasn't stopped taking medication, and he's too cautious about what to eat—afraid of this and afraid of that. Fortunately, the doctor said that as long as he pays attention to his diet and rest, the condition will never be too serious. But my friends say this disease is incurable and very harmful.Doctor's answer:
Fatty liver is a product of endocrine dysfunction in the liver's lipid decomposition metabolism, while it is also a hemolytic factor that exacerbates liver damage. This is a mutually causal, vicious cycle of expansion. The continuous accumulation of lipid droplets in hepatocytes leads to steatosis and swelling of the cells, pushing the nucleus to shift away from the center. Lipid decomposition metabolism primarily occurs in mitochondria, while the loading and unloading of lipids outside the cell mainly take place in the smooth endoplasmic reticulum. The accumulation of fat within hepatocytes further increases the pressure on mitochondria and the endoplasmic reticulum, impairing their function and subsequently affecting the decomposition metabolism of other nutrients, hormones, and vitamins. Long-term hepatocyte degeneration can lead to impaired regeneration and suppuration of hepatocytes, ultimately resulting in liver fibrosis and cirrhosis. If fatty liver is not treated actively and effectively,