Fatty liver only finds fat people? wrong! These groups of people are also easy to be targeted by fatty liver, so be vigilant!

When it comes to today's high incidence of wealthy diseases, most people think of only three words at the first time: fatty liver!

　　It has to be said that due to the changes in living and eating habits and the increase in obesity in China in recent years , the incidence of fatty liver is also increasing year by year, and it has become the second most common liver disease after viral hepatitis. disease.

　　However, it cannot be regarded as an independent disease in itself, but refers to the pathological changes caused by excessive accumulation of fat in liver cells due to various factors.

　　Judging from the current clinical data, obese people are the first high-risk group for fatty liver. Because the liver is the central organ of lipid metabolism in the body, the fat in the liver mainly comes from food and peripheral adipose tissue. Therefore, the more overweight, the higher the risk of fatty liver. The probability of severe obesity combined with fatty liver can reach about 61-94%.

　　However, this does not mean that fatty liver will only find obese people. As everyone knows, the following categories are also at high risk:

　　1. People who drink heavily for a long time

　　Everyone knows about alcoholic liver disease, but what you don't know is that alcoholic liver disease does not refer to a specific liver disease. It is a series of liver damage caused by alcohol metabolism in the liver, which is based on long-term heavy drinking. Alcoholic liver includes fatty liver, hepatitis, cirrhosis and cancer .

　　Fatty liver is the initial alcoholic liver damage, which is directly related to the inhibition of other metabolic functions of the liver by alcohol. Long-term alcohol abuse, free fatty acids and triglycerides will accumulate in the liver, eventually resulting in the appearance of fatty liver, which is clinically called alcoholic fatty liver;

2. Excessive dieting to lose weight

　　Excessive dieting does lose weight very quickly, but it is not fat, but excess water in the body. Under this extreme weight loss method, not only is it not easy to persist for a long time, but it will also cause damage to the liver.

　　Because when the body is severely lacking in energy supply, the liver will consume the originally stored fat and glycogen to provide energy, which will cause a large amount of fat to be broken down in a short period of time, and then consume glutathione in the liver.

　　As a result , malondialdehyde and lipid peroxides will begin to accumulate, resulting in excessive accumulation of fat in liver cells and fatty liver disease;

　　3. Long-term malnutrition

　　If you choose a long-term vegetarian diet, or you are too thin, too partial, or have a disease that causes malnutrition (digestive tract disease, chronic liver disease, pancreatic disease) , etc., you will increase your risk of fatty liver disease.

　　Because in the state of malnutrition, the liver cannot synthesize apolipoprotein normally , and a large amount of triglycerides cannot be converted into the next step, and accumulate continuously in the liver , eventually forming fatty liver;

4. Diabetes

A related research survey shows that nearly 1/2 of all　　Chinese patients with type 2 diabetes have fatty liver symptoms .

　　The reason for this is that obesity caused by too little exercise and too much food for a long time is the most important environmental factor for type 2 diabetes. The patient 's plasma insulin level and plasma fatty acid increase , which will affect the liver's metabolism of lipids. Fatty liver disease is associated with both obesity and eating too much fat and sugar;

5. Other factors

　　In addition to the above reasons, long-term inappropriate medication (certain drugs or chemical poisons, such as tetracycline, adrenocortical hormone, puromycin, etc.), pregnancy, suffering from infectious diseases (tuberculosis, bacterial pneumonia, sepsis) , receiving corticosteroid therapy, etc., can also increase the risk of fatty liver.

　　All in all, fatty liver has never been a disease that only finds obese people, and its causes are quite complex and diverse. After being diagnosed with fatty liver, you must first find the cause from the above points, and then communicate with the doctor in detail in time, and then start treatment and conditioning according to the doctor's advice, so that the fatty liver can recover quickly.