What Is the Difference Between Fatty Liver & NASH?

Usually, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a disease that has few or almost no symptoms. However, there are certain health conditions including obesity, metabolic syndrome, and type 2 diabetes that make you more likely to develop NAFLD.

• Simple fatty liver and non-alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH) are basically two distinct diseases, two types of NAFLD. Although it is unclear why some people develop fatty liver and others develop NASH.
• Simple fatty liver is a kind of NAFLD. People suffering from fatty liver have very little or no inflammation or cell damage but there is excess fat built up in their liver. The simple fatty liver normally does not cause liver damage or any other serious complications.
• NASH which is a form of NAFLD, not only causes the fat built up and accumulation in the liver but also causes hepatitis. Inflammation and liver cell damage often result in scarring of the liver or fibrosis. NASH can also cause cirrhosis of the liver or liver cancer.

Symptoms Of NASH

NASH is a highly severe form of NAFLD. Its symptoms in the early stages are often silent or non-specific, thus making it immensely difficult to diagnose. Sometimes the only way to surely diagnose NASH is liver biopsy. Because of this, NASH patients might be unaware of their deteriorating condition until it reaches its late stages. Patients who have NASH-related cirrhosis are at higher risk of terminal liver diseases, like loss of liver function, liver failure, and even liver cancer.

Causes Of Fatty Liver & NASH

There are no specific causes regarding why some people accumulate fat in the liver while others don’t. Also, there is limited knowledge of why some fatty livers develop inflammation which advances to cirrhosis. However, NAFLD and NASH are both linked to these factors:

• Overweight or obesity
• High blood sugar (hyperglycemia), suggesting prediabetes or type 2 diabetes.
• Insulin resistance, in this case, your cells don’t take up sugar with regards to the hormone insulin.
• High levels of fats in the blood

All these health problems overall appear to promote the accumulation of fat in the liver.

Weight loss remains the most common treatment for every form of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) – simple fatty liver and NASH. It can reduce the fat in the liver, lessen inflammation and fibrosis, even scarring. There is no definite medication for the treatment of NASH or fatty liver. The medicines are recommended for treating underlying conditions like diabetes or heart disease.

A healthy diet and maintaining good weight can help in preventing nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) or nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH). If you are having NAFLD, your doctor can recommend diet changes and weight loss.

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