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Wo Cheng
Hepatology
About me
Associate Chief Physician of Hepatology, National Hepatobiliary Consultation Expert Team, Member of National Difficult and Severe Liver Disease Research Group, Member of Jiujiang Medical Association of the Chinese Medical Association, Member of Jiangxi Provincial Society of Integrative Hepatology, Trained in 2003 at the First Affiliated Hospital of the First Military Medical University under the guidance of Professor Hou Jinlin and Professor Guo Yabing.
Proficient in diseases
Engaged in the diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases and liver diseases for over 20 years, specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of various acute and chronic liver diseases, severe hepatitis, and cirrhosis.
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How to treat the symptoms of fatty liver disease?
The treatment of fatty liver symptoms primarily requires distinguishing the type of fatty liver, which includes alcoholic fatty liver, nonalcoholic fatty liver (simple fatty liver), and steatohepatitis. For alcoholic fatty liver, the first step is to abstain from alcohol. Additionally, it is important to avoid high-fat and greasy foods in the diet. When alcoholic liver damage occurs, if the liver function is severely impaired, treatment with liver-protective, enzyme-lowering, and jaundice-reducing medications may be necessary. For nonalcoholic fatty liver, which is caused by being overweight or having a large waist circumference, treatment involves controlling weight and reducing waist size. Combined with appropriate physical exercise, reducing weight and waist size can help improve fatty liver. The diet should also limit high-fat, greasy, and high-sugar foods, focusing on light and easily digestible food, supplemented with an adequate amount of protein. For people with steatohepatitis, treatment usually involves intravenous infusions of liver-protective, enzyme-lowering, and jaundice-reducing medications.
Can people with fatty liver smoke?
Patients with fatty liver disease should also appropriately quit smoking or reduce the frequency of smoking. The treatment for severe fatty liver disease mainly includes a reasonable diet, appropriate exercise, as well as choosing to quit smoking and drinking, controlling diet properly, increasing physical exercise, removing the cause of the disease, and actively treating the primary disease. Although smoking mainly causes damage to the lungs, nicotine in cigarettes can also damage liver cells. When people with fatty liver disease smoke excessively, it can exacerbate the condition. It also damages liver cells, so people with fatty liver disease also need to quit smoking or reduce the frequency of smoking. People with fatty liver disease should regularly monitor liver function and undergo imaging tests of the liver to timely monitor the condition and actively enhance physical exercise to control the cause of the disease.