In this afternoon, we had a small discussion about this topic "cryptogenic cirrhosis".
Cryptogenic cirrhosis is the liver cirrhosis that the cause is not well known.
The speaker said that non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) should be taken into account.
Recently, more and more evidences showed solid relation between obesity, diabetes, and NAFLD.
Some patients with NAFLD will progress to non-alcoholic steatohepatitis which will cause the inflammation and injuries to the liver cells, then resulted in fibrosis, even more, cirrhosis.
Therefore, once you are told having "fatty liver" after a sonography, don't overlook it.
That might be a small disease that causes huge consequences.
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