Diabetic fatty liver is caused by lipid metabolism disorder due to obesity, insulin deficiency and hyperlipidemia in diabetic patients, which leads to the increase of fat in hepatocytes and liver damage, and the treatment of diabetic fatty liver includes etiological treatment, medication and daily life care.
1. Etiological treatment: the most important thing for diabetic fatty liver is to actively control blood sugar, meanwhile, patients should lose weight, control weight within normal range, and reasonably control blood lipid.
2. Drug treatment: taking hypoglycemic, hypolipidemic and hepatoprotective drugs. Hypoglycemic drugs such as thiazolidinediones insulin sensitizers such as pioglitazone and rosiglitazone can increase the sensitivity of liver and muscle to insulin. Lipid-lowering drugs such as atorvastatin. Hepatoprotective drugs such as silymarin.
3. Daily life care: It is recommended to have a low sugar, low fat balanced diet, reduce the intake of sucrose, saturated fatty acid and trans fatty acid, increase the intake of dietary fiber, moderate aerobic exercise, and try to control the body weight in the ideal range.
Once diagnosed, diabetic fatty liver should seek medical treatment in time and take medication under doctor’s guidance to avoid further damage to the liver.