Fatty liver disease increasingly becoming a reason for transplant
The Hindu
Importance of early detection stressed
Fatty liver disease that is left untreated and eventually leading to cirrhosis was increasingly becoming an important reason for people needing a liver transplantation, said doctors who spoke at the webinar organised by The Hindu as part of its Wellness Series on Sunday.
In the webinar organised in collaboration with Naruvi Hospitals on the liver transplantation, Ashok Chacko, head of department, chair, Division of Medicine at the hospital, said fatty liver was becoming common among the Indian population due to lifestyle changes.
He said one in every five persons diagnosed with fatty liver was likely to develop severe damage of the liver over a period of 20 years. He said that once liver failure became untreatable through medicines, transplantation was the only recourse.