Unlike more advanced conditions, such as cirrhosis, fatty liver is a reversible condition that can be dealt with either with lifestyle changes or other treatment of the underlying cause. In addition, the condition is almost always asymptomatic and is only found during routine testing. A differential must rule out hepatitis and a medical history must be performed to determine alcohol intake to come up with an appropriate diagnosis.
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| - Unlike more advanced conditions, such as cirrhosis, fatty liver is a reversible condition that can be dealt with either with lifestyle changes or other treatment of the underlying cause. In addition, the condition is almost always asymptomatic and is only found during routine testing. A differential must rule out hepatitis and a medical history must be performed to determine alcohol intake to come up with an appropriate diagnosis.
- Fatty liver or hepatic lipidosis is a deadly dangerous condition in cats, brought on by not eating for over 24 hours. It is most likely and most dangerous in overweight cats. Hepatic lipidosis occurs in other species, but generally is a result of poor diet or other imbalances. An excellent illustration of fatty liver or hepatic lipidosis is the food foie gras (French for "fatty liver") where ducks and geese are force-fed to literally create the medical condition for profit
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| - Lifestyle changes, medication to regulate insulin levels
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| - Usually alcohol, but can also be caused by other metabolic problems.
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| - Unlike more advanced conditions, such as cirrhosis, fatty liver is a reversible condition that can be dealt with either with lifestyle changes or other treatment of the underlying cause. In addition, the condition is almost always asymptomatic and is only found during routine testing. A differential must rule out hepatitis and a medical history must be performed to determine alcohol intake to come up with an appropriate diagnosis.
- Fatty liver or hepatic lipidosis is a deadly dangerous condition in cats, brought on by not eating for over 24 hours. It is most likely and most dangerous in overweight cats. Hepatic lipidosis occurs in other species, but generally is a result of poor diet or other imbalances. An excellent illustration of fatty liver or hepatic lipidosis is the food foie gras (French for "fatty liver") where ducks and geese are force-fed to literally create the medical condition for profit Toy breeds of dogs seem to share the same causation of a form of hepatic lipidosis with cats; they can suffer the same problems from not eating or fasting. Idiopathic fatty liver can occur sometimes in older cats for unknown reasons. The "discovery" of idiopathic hepatic lipidosis is fairly recent; the first clinical case was described in 1977. Today it is one of the most common liver disorders in cats, at least in North America. The Teaching Hospital at University of Illinois stresses that hepatic lipidosis is not just a "fat cat" problem but that any cat losing a lot of weight quickly is at risk for this disease. Diabetes can be a factor in development of hepatic lipidosis in all species; the liver is unable to process the mobilized fat which then becomes stored in the liver. When hepatic lipidosis is caused by diabetes or any other illness or disfunction, it's referred to as a secondary condition, meaning the primary one (diabetes, in our example), caused the second one, or secondary illness, to occur. In cases where an illness like diabetes has been the cause of the hepatic lipidosis, treatment of the primary disease can resolve the liver problems.
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