Page 18 - I Have Fatty Liver：What Does It Mean and What Should I Do?

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How to gauge whether a psychiatric patient is exposed to drugs
which may impair the liver causing it to be fatty?

In general, all medication has their respective side effects and some do
cause fatty liver. However, the doctor who treats the patient will have to
weigh the risks and benefits for the medication to be prescribed and
hence the best would be for the patient to discuss on this with the doctor.

Again, it is important to have healthy diet, regular exercise and limit

alcohol consumption which would reduce a person’s risk of getting
metabolic syndrome and subsequently developing fatty liver/liver
damage.

A person with gall bladder removed and angioplasty has higher
possibility of liver dysfunction?

For a person that underwent an angioplasty procedure, it is quite clear

that the same person has cardiovascular disease risk or metabolic
syndrome and tends to have fatty liver disease.

In terms of gall bladder, gall stones tend to develop among overweight or
obese populations and there’s a link between having gall stones and fatty
liver disease. However, gall stones itself will not directly impact the liver

unless the stone has dislodged from the gallbladder and is blocking the
bile duct, causing an increase in liver enzymes but that is a completely
different matter.

What is the lower limit of BMI for healthy weight?

2
Underweight being categorised as BMI < 18.5 kg/m . Although
overweight and obese is a health concern, being underweight is not
healthy either.