What Is Fatty Liver Disease?
7. Complications
As mentioned, fatty liver disease can cause cirrhosis of the liver, and this can cause some potentially serious problem for the patient. These problems include hepatic encephalopathy, which causes the patient to become drowsy and confused with slurred speech. This happens when a build-up of toxins in the blood begin to affect the functioning of the brain.
Another potential complication is esophageal varices, which causes veins in the esophagus to become swollen. Cirrhosis will also increase the likelihood that liver cancer will develop. There is also the possibility of end stage liver failure, which means that the liver has stopped working altogether.
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