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Connected health information

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1. Attributes 2. Signs & symptoms 3. Drugs / medications 4. Treatments by type 5. Further tests / investigations 6. Biological / test markers

Linked signs and symptoms

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Each sign/symptom opens its own page and links back to related conditions.

Linked drugs / medications

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No linked drugs are listed yet.

Treatments, therapies and supportive options

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Grouped by treatment type. These are educational database links, not personal treatment recommendations. Evidence labels are shown only where stored in the EH database.

Surgery

3

Medical therapy

3

Lifestyle changes

6

Alternative and complementary therapies

5

Alternative medicine

5

Alternative therapies

1

Neural TherapyNo Recommendation(Very Low Evidence)

Amino acids

1

N acetylcysteine (NAC)Evidence: 3

Linked diagnostic tests and investigations

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These are pulled from both EH diagnostic-test link tables, including the older large test-link table.

Biological markers/agents

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This visual map shows biological markers/agents reported as increased or decreased with this condition. These are educational relationships only; test results must be interpreted by a qualified clinician because ranges vary by lab, method, age, sex and clinical context.

Often increased

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Often decreased

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Introduction / full article

Fatty Liver

ID 102

Fatty Liver

Overview

This is the effect of the accumulation of different types of fats in the liver. There should be balance between the fatty acids that enter the liver with the amount that is excreted out, but this cycle is not followed when there is fatty liver. The most common cause of fatty liver is excessive alcohol intake. However, people who do not drink alcohol may also be at risk, especially people with diabetes or obesity. Symptoms may include fatigue, excessive weight loss, headache, and difficulty concentrating or making sound judgement.

Efficacy of Alternative and Other Treatments According to GRADE* Ranking

Turmeric [1, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15]

Note: Please note, this management does not treat the condition itself. It is proposed only as weak supportive symptomatic support, and even then has insufficient evidence to back up this claim at present.

Recommendation: No recommendation. There is insufficient evidence to support claims that turmeric can help in the treatment of liver disease. More research is needed.