{"id":15552,"date":"2025-04-01T10:52:52","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T05:22:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=15552"},"modified":"2025-04-03T14:35:19","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T09:05:19","slug":"nafld","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/nafld\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD)?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>Ranchi is set to become the first district in Jharkhand to implement a large-scale campaign for the screening and management of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.<\/p>\n<h2>About Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>NAFLD, now known as <strong>Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), <\/strong>is the term for a <strong>range of conditions caused by a build-up of fat in the liver.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>This buildup of fat is <strong>not caused by heavy alcohol use.<\/strong> When heavy alcohol use causes fat to build up in the liver, this condition is called alcohol-associated liver disease.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Early-stage NAFLD does not usually cause any harm<\/strong>, but it <strong>can lead to serious liver damage, <\/strong>including cirrhosis, if it gets worse.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Having high levels of fat in your liver <\/strong>is also associated with an <strong>increased risk of <\/strong>serious health problems, such as <strong>diabetes<\/strong>, <strong>high blood pressure<\/strong> and <strong>kidney disease.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>If you already have diabetes, NAFLD <strong>increases your chance of developing heart problems.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Nonalcoholic fatty liver (NAFL) and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) are types<\/strong> of NAFLD.\n<ul>\n<li><strong>NASH <\/strong>is the <strong>severe form,<\/strong> which can <strong>cause cirrhosis and liver failure. <\/strong>It can also <strong>cause liver cancer.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Who is more likely to develop NAFLD?<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>NAFLD is more common in <strong>people who have<\/strong> certain diseases and conditions, including <strong>obesity<\/strong>, and c<strong>onditions that may be related to obesity,<\/strong> such as<strong> type 2 diabetes.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>NAFLD can <strong>affect people of any age, including children.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Treatment:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>There&#8217;s currently<strong> no specific medication<\/strong> for NAFLD.<\/li>\n<li>Doctors <strong>recommend weight loss to treat <\/strong>NAFLD.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Weight loss can reduce fat, inflammation, and fibrosis in the liver.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Treatment may also be recommended for associated conditions (high blood pressure, diabetes, and cholesterol) or complications.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease FAQs<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q1<\/strong>. Is non alcoholic fatty liver disease serious?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. Yes, Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) can be serious, especially if it progresses to more severe liver conditions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2<\/strong>. What is the primary cause of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD)?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. Build-up of fat in the liver unrelated to heavy alcohol use<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q3<\/strong>. What is the recommended treatment for NAFLD?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. Weight loss and managing associated conditions<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/ranchi\/special-drive-to-detect-fatty-liver-disease-in-city-next-month-seth\/articleshow\/119819870.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TOI<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease is the term for a range of conditions caused by a buildup of fat in the liver.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":15553,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-15552","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15552"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15552\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}