Does Being Overweight Affect A Woman's Liver? - Dr. Blackstone (VIDEO)
Dr. Blackstone shares how being overweight and weight loss impacts a woman's liver function.
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Dr. Blackstone:
Now, most of the time you don’t know that. What your primary care doctor will notice is just a little elevation in your liver functions. Now about nine percent of people will go on to develop actual cirrhosis of the liver, not caused by anything but having fat in the liver. So again, it’s another good reason to get your weight down.
When you’ve lost weight permanently and whether you’ve lost weight with a medical diet or surgery, when you have lost that weight, what happens is the fat comes out of your liver again. So if you are in the early stage where you just have steatosis or early NASH, then we think that resolves and your liver goes back to being a normal liver. But if you’ve already progressed to fibrosis, it probably stays the same; we hope that it doesn’t get worse.
Cirrhosis patients are in a whole different ballpark, and they need to be followed by a specialist.
About Dr. Robin Blackstone, M.D.:
Dr. Robin Blackstone is a surgeon and Director at the Scottsdale Bariatric Center and Medical Director at the Scottsdale Healthcare Bariatric Program. She is one of the few women surgeons in the world specializing in the Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass. With her practice focused entirely on Weight Loss Surgery, she is committed to providing patients with the very best care possible.
