Fatty liver

OrphanAnnie1967
OrphanAnnie1967 Posts: 3 Member
edited December 20 in Health and Weight Loss
Anyone have any experience with fatty liver? Our doctor suspects my husband has a fatty liver, as his liver enzymes were elevated with his latest blood work. He is going to compare his results to some blood work he had done back in February and if the reading he got yesterday is an increase from February, then my husband has to go in for a sonogram of his liver. Of course we've read all kinds of horrifying things about the different types online. My husband isn't an alcohol drinker, just a food over-consumer. Any thoughts, feedback or advice is appreciated.

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  • NovusDies
    NovusDies Posts: 8,940 Member
    I have been through this with my wife. It was a scare that even involved a biopsy. It turned out not to be that big of a deal and the enzymes have been lowered in time. Based on doctors recommendation she takes milk thistle daily. Not sure if it had any real impact or if the weight loss was the bigger factor and the milk thistle was just along for the ride.
  • kjm3579
    kjm3579 Posts: 3,974 Member
    https://nutritionfacts.org/topics/nonalcoholic-fatty-liver-disease/
  • rickiimarieee
    rickiimarieee Posts: 2,212 Member
    My sisters in laws husband has this. His diet consisted of energy drinks, sour patch kids for breakfast and junk food for lunch. He started eating better and lost a whole bunch of weight and wasn’t in pain anymore after eating.
  • Fflpnari
    Fflpnari Posts: 975 Member
    mine went away with diet change and losing weight
  • lindamtuck2018
    lindamtuck2018 Posts: 9,842 Member
    OrphanAnnie1967 wrote: »
    Anyone have any experience with fatty liver? Our doctor suspects my husband has a fatty liver, as his liver enzymes were elevated with his latest blood work. He is going to compare his results to some blood work he had done back in February and if the reading he got yesterday is an increase from February, then my husband has to go in for a sonogram of his liver. Of course we've read all kinds of horrifying things about the different types online. My husband isn't an alcohol drinker, just a food over-consumer. Any thoughts, feedback or advice is appreciated.

    I have a fatty liver. I was originally diagnosed with NASH but a biopsy confirmed that it was fatty liver. To keep it from progressing any further, my liver specialist encouraged me to change my diet. I also have to be careful of what medications I take as my liver will grumble. I do have blood work monthly to make sure my enzymes are normal. The doctor also told me to drink a cup of coffee a day as it is good for the liver.
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