A short patient-oriented explanation distinguishing non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) from non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). NAFLD is excess fat in the liver without significant inflammation or impaired function; NASH adds inflammation leading to fibrosis, cirrhosis, and increased risk of liver cancer. The content appears to be a brief spoken transcript or educational clip.
Non alcoholic fatty liver disease, meaning it's not from alcohol. It's excessive fat buildup in your liver. There's two stages that they're now identifying. There's this fatty liver where you've stored fat, but you don't have a lot of inflammation going on, and your liver is still functioning okay. Your liver might just look enlarged or show up on, like I said, CT scan or ultrasound. NASH Non alcoholic steatohepatitis, or fatty liver disease, is when you add inflammation to the picture, and that can start to cause fibrosis and scarring. So the liver isn't functioning well, and it can even lead to cirrhosis, which means your liver can no longer do its processes because it's so scarred down. That can also lead to liver cancer.
