Fatty purple liver of obese girl

Hanoi 23 year old girl weighs 130 kg, doctor discovered severe fatty liver, bruising, fibrosis.

On April 13, Associate Professor Nguyen Anh Tuan - Head of the Department of Digestive Surgery, 108 Central Military Hospital, said that the patient came to the hospital for obesity treatment, with a BMI (Body Mass Index) of 50.

BMI is a body mass index used to determine whether a person's body condition is normal or malnourished, overweight, or obese. BMI from 25 to 29.99 is considered overweight, from 30 and above is obese.

Ultrasound results showed that the girl had severe fatty liver with many metabolic disorders. During surgery, the doctor was surprised to discover a purple, fatty liver, while a normal person's liver is red, smooth, and elastic.

The doctor advised the patient to lose weight quickly because the fatty liver condition was getting worse, fibrosis was occurring, and the cells were not recovering. The team applied a surgical weight loss method using endoscopic gastric reduction.

Doctor operates on patient. Photo: Doctor provided — Doctor operates on patient. Photo: *Doctor provided*

Young people today eat unscientifically, leading to overweight, obesity, excess sugar metabolized in the liver and accumulated. In obese people, the concentration of triglycerides and free fatty acids in the blood increases, causing fatty liver. In the long term, patients suffer from fatty liver, chronic hepatitis, and irreversible cirrhosis. Therefore, many studies have shown that obese people have a 4 times higher risk of hepatocellular carcinoma. This risk is 100 times higher for obese people with diabetes and hepatitis B or hepatitis C virus.

Dr. Tuan recommends that obese people lose weight to restore their liver. Recovery depends on the initial level of damage, time, weight loss method, and overall health status. For more serious liver damage such as cirrhosis or liver cancer, intensive treatment with medication, medical therapy, or surgery is required depending on the patient's condition and severity of the disease. In particular, patients should prioritize changing their diet and lifestyle to reverse fatty liver.

Foods that are good for the liver are turmeric, lemon, apple cider vinegar, papaya, and green tea. Turmeric helps prevent fatty liver disease and stimulates the body to digest fat, reducing the amount of fat accumulated in the liver.

Lemons are citrus fruits that contain vitamin C, a natural antioxidant that helps the liver produce glutathione, which plays an important role in detoxifying the body. Lemons also contain a compound called naringenin, which reduces inflammation caused by fatty liver.

Apple cider vinegar extracted from apples promotes weight loss and reduces the amount of fat accumulated inside the liver.

Green tea contains antioxidants and nutrients that are important for the body, supporting brain function, reducing the risk of cancer, killing bacteria and burning fat in the body, making it a good drink for fatty liver.

Dandelion has the effect of metabolizing fats in the liver, activating good liver function and helping to treat fatty liver disease caused by obesity.

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