Non alcoholic fatty liver disease Flashcards
1
Q
what is non alcoholic fatty liver disease?
A
associated with fat deposits in the liver cells - it may interfere with fuunctioning of the liver cells.
2
Q
what can it progress into?
A
hepatitis then cirrhosis
3
Q
what are the stages?
A
non alcoholic fatty liver disease
non alcoholic steatohepatitis
fibrosis
cirrhosis
4
Q
risk factors?
A
same as for diabetes and CVD: obesity poor diet TD2 high cholesterol middle aged hypertension smoking
