Relevant issues in the diagnosis and treatment of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

Abstract

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease is a chronic disease uniting steatosis, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis and cirrhosis. Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease is associated with obesity and is a component of metabolic syndrome, thus increasing cardiometabolic risk and affecting the prognosis and duration of life of patients. The review tells about the mechanisms, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.

Keywords

• неалкогольная жировая болезнь печени
• метаболический синдром
• гепатопротекторы стеатоз
• стеатогепатит
• ожирение
• non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
• steatosis
• steatohepatitis
• obesity
• metabolic syndrome
• hepatoprotectors