I am not an alcoholic. I usually have one regular margarita on my birthday, one time per year. So, now that I’ve discussed that… I went to the ER over the weekend w/ abdominal pain (on and off for about 6 to 7 weeks; changes places in my stomach often, but no diagnosis has been made; usually sharp a few times and then just goes away, but still very bothersome!)… they did blood work, a CT scan, urinalysis… everything came back normal except I had a slightly elevated ALT level and he said he that I had a little bit of a fatty liver. He told me to just lose weight and exercise or it could become serious and I’ve looked up lots of things and am now on my way to dieting and changing my lifestyle for good. It was definitely the wake-up call I needed. So, how often does a fatty liver occur in people that are overweight/obese? I just want to know if it’s common or not. Anyone have any experiences w/ it? He didn’t mention NASH or seem too concerned. TY.
I’ve pretty much scared myself by looking up things online and am very concerned about possible inflammation and scarring. His answer to my abdominal pain was that it may be because of my liver, he wasn’t sure. But, I’ve also heard your liver doesn’t cause pain. It also wouldn’t explain pain on my left side, etc. Most people think my pain is associated with stress, but I really feel the pain so I guess that’s hard for me to comprehend. I think if I am causing it psychologically, I should be able to control it. But, I cannot!
I know my liver isn’t on my left. My stomach is. I’ve been having pains in my right upper side, lower right side, upper left side, lower left side, etc. That’s why I don’t think the pain I have in my upper right side is related to my liver, even… although, it very well could be.

I am a 29 yrs. old female. I drink only occasionally (of course there are times when I gotten drunk when I hang out) I don’t do drugs or smoke. I had a gastric bypass last year and lost a lot of weight. On february this year I was complaining of abdominal pain and they did a sonogram, a HIDDA scan (to check if it was my gallbladder) but everything was ok. After that they did an abdominal CT scan to check. In the CT scan everything was ok but it said:

" the liver is somewhat heterogeneous in attenuation without discrete biliary tree dilatation or masses. There is subobtimal examination due to lack of IV contrast. The underlying coarse atrenuation may be related to fatty changes "

and in the area of impression it said:

1. CT of the abdomen without contrast demostrates attenuation and coarse underlying hepatic parechyma which may correspond to chronic hepatic disease.

When I read this I was scared as hell thinking I might have something irreversible on my liver so I went to my internist so he could interprete the results. He send me a liver profile and everything was fine and he also send me a coagulation lab test and everything fine. He told me that he was sure it was fatty liver and with diet modification everything was going to be normal in no time. After visiting my doctor I was relieved but I still can’t stop thinking why did they write on my CT chronic liver disease if its just fatty liver? My internist told me fatty liver is a liver disease but its reversible. What do you think?

I think I was diagnosed with a fatty liver a few years ago and was prescribed metformin and lkovaza for it are these the right medications? can you drink alcohol with a fatty liver? I have been drinking these 2 years ever since my diagnosis people tell me I should not drink on a fatty liver the only problem is my birthday is comming up and I absolutely need to celebrate
I meant lovaza not lokava
I was diagnosed with it a few years ago but back then I didn’t really drink much only on the weekends and I would only have 1 or 2 16 ounce of beer which is only 5% alcohol during one day of the week but the doctor said my fatty liver was probably because of my incorrect diet I used to eat a huge amount of fats back in the days I ate lots of oil and oysters and mayonnaise he said that was probably what was causing a fatty liver

so my doctor says because of my elevated ALT and ultrasound showing of fatty liver he says I probably have mild inflmmation due to the extensive fat around my liver and from high triglycerides/cholesterol

To treat this, I have lost weight to my ideal as well as eating more healthy and basically avoiding junk food. Exercising 5-6 days a week for 40 minutes. I will get another blood test later on.

My question is: by doing this have I improved my liver condition? I hear it can be reversible I wonder if I have done so. Have I helped treat this inflammation by trying to reduce fat around my liver? Can I still have a normal life span? I hope this condition won’t shorten my lifespan I’m only 26

I had a blood test recently which showed elevated levels of ALT (132) I also have high cholesterol and triglycerides. I had an ultrasound done and some further blood tests (for hepatitis and auto-immune diseases) and came out negative. The ultrasound however does show a fatty liver. My gastroenterologist says that fatty liver DOES raise ALT / AST levels but my primary physician (cardiologist) says a fatty liver does NOT raise ALT/AST since there is fat on the liver to begin with. He just says my liver has a high turn-over rate with an inconclusive cause. I don’t want to end up getting Cirrhosis. Who should I believe? What is the right answer?
fatty liver CAUSES cirrhosis over time