?Liver sustains life and we must understand that taking its care is as important as taking precautions to check diabetes, heart disease and obesity,? said Dr Subba Rao V Kanchustambam, Additional Director and Head, Centre for Liver Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Sciences while speaking at an interactive session on `know your friendly liver? at Fortis Hospital Mohali.

More than 100 senior citizens attended this lecture where Dr Subba Rao explained at length about liver, functions of liver, symptoms of liver diseases and how one can take care of one?s liver.

Deliberating on how prevention is better than cure, Dr Subba said, ?Prevent fatty liver by regular exercise, keep your sugars and cholesterol under control. keep alcohol consumption within limits.

Prevent liver cancer by vaccinating yourself for hepatitis B. keep yourself under doctor follow up if you have any chronic liver disease. Drink boiled water and eat well-cooked food to avoid hepatitis a and E. There is always a possibility of cure if one takes right help at right time.?

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I think I may have fatty liver diease and need to get tested what are the symptoms please no silly answers this is serious!

I havent heard of that

No. & no. I'm sorry, the correct answer is no.

yes. it's not serious, google it

i believe it can be familial, but most of the time fatty liver is just caused by an acute circumstance. a big binge drinking episode can lead to fatty liver, but it resolves in a day or two. in most cases fatty liver does resolve, however, if you continue to abuse alcohol it can turn into worse things which can lead to cirrhosis.

I have. You might have some mild abdominal discomfort, but for the most part there are no major symptoms in the early stage. Fortunately, it may be reversible, depending on what the cause is. it can be alcohol or food related. Google it for more specific information. your doctor can give you a prognosis after you have a scan. hopefully, you will just have to cut back on the fatty foods or alcohol. good Luck.