Fatty liver and diabetes

• April 26, 2024

Both factors, coupled with metabolic syndrome , they make up a fatal triangle. Several studies presented at the XXI National Congress of the Spanish Society of Diabetes (SED), indicate that the development of fatty liver (non-alcoholic steatohepatitis) causes resistance to insulin and, therefore, with the passage of time, involves the development of diabetes .

The accumulation of fat in the liver It should not be overlooked. Clinical experts consider adding the non-alcoholic steatohepatitis to the current list of cardiovascular risk factors that includes hypertension , the smoking , the cholesterol and the diabetes .

The fatty liver is one of the factors that are part of the metabolic syndrome , characterized by suffering at the same time several of these same problems: diabetes , arterial hypertension , obesity central e hypercholesterolemia .

The diabetes It is an increasingly common disease. It is estimated that in Mexico there are around 15 million people with diabetes (one in seven Mexicans), whose ages range between 10 and 69 years.

Diabetes on the rise

A recent study entitled "Impact of diabetes mellitus type 2 on the standard of living of Mexicans and the role of public spending on health", by Dr. Enrique Molina, revealed that in just one decade, from 1998 to 2008, Chronic and degenerative disease increased 300% and it is estimated that for each additional weight that adds to the budgets of public institutions in the country has been avoided the death of nine people a year.

In his research, which won the third place in the National Prize for Biomedical Research, Dr. Molina explained that after analyzing the statistics of the 32 states, he found that in a decade the incidence increased, on average, from 25 to 75 chronic patients per every 10 thousand inhabitants.

According to the specialist, in states such as Yucatán and Chiapas, the prevalence is apparently lower, but the growth of chronically ill patients has accelerated (close to 350%), after 17 diabetics for every 10 thousand inhabitants in 1998 to a total of 58 for every 10 thousand in the same period.

Children with metabolic syndrome

Currently, it has been observed that about half of children with obesity have hyperinsulinemia and hypercholesterolemia, without reaching a metabolic syndrome.

However, when they are not treated and grow by maintaining or increasing their obesity , an important percentage comes to present this syndrome in adolescence.

These teenagers advance the cardiovascular diseases to early stages of life. They must be treated comprehensively once the diagnosis has been made.

Experts recommend eating a healthy diet, low in fats Y you go out ; opt for natural foods, rich in fiber and natural protein.

Video Medicine: Dr. Robert S. Brown Speaks on Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (April 2024).