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What is Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease ( NAFLD )? How do I know if NAFLD is causing any harm? Indirect evidence of injury by fat in the liver is reflected by high ALT or AST levels in the blood. The more major form of injury of fatty liver is if the stiffness of the liver starts to increase, which is called fibrosis. Fibrosis can occur even with normal ALT and AST Levels. How can fibrosis of Liver be measured? The gold standard to measure fibrosis is still liver biopsy. However, liver biopsy carries a risk of bleeding and is an invasive procedure. Alternate indirect evidence can be obtained by doing either a fibroscan or an ARFI or and MR Elastography of the Liver. Can NAFLD progress to cirrhosis of Liver? Only 5-10% of patients of NAFLD progress to fibrosis. However, once fibrosis develops, a significant proportion of patients can progress to cirrhosis of Liver ( liver becoming stiff and is irreversible). NAFLD is emerging as one of the most common causes of liver cir...

  Common Heart Diseases Heart attack is usually what strikes when people think of heart diseases. However, there are a number of diseases that affect the heart or blood vessels of a person. Some of them are mentioned below: ·          Coronary Artery Disease (CAD)/Ischaemic heart disease ·          Arrhythmias and Palpitations ·          Inflammatory heart disease ·          Hypertensive heart disease ·          Heart failure ·          Valvular heart disease ·          Rheumatic heart disease Causes of Heart Diseases In order to prevent heart diseases, controlling the various factors that cause heart problems will be essential. The different factors that cause heart diseases are: Fact...

  Unnecessary Fears There is a misapprehension in the minds of many people that if an operation is performed on the brain or the spinal cord, the patient will develop some mental problem (cognitive impairment)or memory disturbances (dementia) or speech disturbances (Aphasic) or get paralysed (plegias) or will land in coma etc. Some people often quote examples of their relatives who underwent operations and got disabled in some way or other. This does not mean that the operation should be blamed. It is the presenting state in which the patient approaches the surgeon that decides the outcome of the operation. Most of the time the surgeries on brain and spine are performed order to provide the patient a good quality of life with increase survival rates and one has to remember that few complications are part of any surgery Neurological symptoms ·          Headache with vomiting ·          weakness of limbs ...