Fatty liver

[Lilmisspoorly]

Hi ive been told i most likely have a fatty liver does anyone else have this and if so what treatment do you have please thanks

[shaws Administrator]

It is most likely caused by hypothyroidism. I have looked at your past post and you also have high cholesterol level which is also hypo symptom.

I think your doctor needs to take these two important clinical symptoms into the consideration and offer you a trial of T3 added to a slightly reduced T4.

hypothyroidmom.com/the-thyr...

Our body slows right down with hypothyroidism and the effect of hormone replacement is to increase metabolism which means pulse rates comes to normal as does temp but best of all it means erradicating all clinical symptoms and so many are on this forum due to the fact that they have disabling symptoms. Doctors don't look on the symptoms as 'disabling' unfortunately nor Endocrinologists of whom some are untouched by their patient's poor heatlh.

(I am not medically qualified )

[ITYFIALMCTT]

shaws has mentioned the association with hypothyroidism.

Have you had your consultant appointment yet? Has someone mentioned what sort of fatty liver it is as there are various types with their own set of contributions. E.g., NALFD or NASH. Some people can develop it as part of metabolic syndrome (they might have higher than normal blood sugar, high blood pressure etc.). Sometimes, it runs in families. nhs.uk/conditions/fatty-liv...

I'm teetotal and near the bottom of the BMI range for my height - every so often, my cholesterol readings become outrageously high (especially the LDL and trigylycerides), and the liver tests show very abnormal results. There can be several reasons why this happens.

If you've not had the appointment yet - good luck and I hope that they have a clear diagnosis and good plan for you.

[Ruthi]

Most fatty liver disease is caused by a high carbs, and high sugar diet. The modern mania for low fat diets, that are necessarily high in carbs is very much to blame. A low carb, high fat, but calorie limited diet will both help weight loss and force the liver to metabolise the fat it is storing, and prevent further build up.

Be aware that whatever way you lose weight your blood cholesterol will rise while you lose. This is called transient hypercholesterolemia and can cause great consternation among ignorant doctors.