2024-04-01 05:00:00
Nearly one in five French people are affected by metabolic steatosis. This pathology discovered a few years ago is characterized by an accumulation of fat in the liver.
NASH: behind this acronym lies a disease that progressively degrades the liver. In the most severe cases, it can cause cirrhosis. However, this pathology still remains poorly known to the public, but also to doctors. As evidenced by this patient on the SOS hepatitis website : “After a fall, I went to the emergency room. When I was asked about my background, I of course talked about my Nash and I saw a total lack of understanding, because a priori, no one knew. »
It must be said that the Nash was discovered barely 40 years ago and in France, it has only been recognized as a disease for around ten years. But what exactly are we talking about? “The disease begins with steatosis, that is to say an accumulation of fats in the liver. Today we are talking about metabolic steatosis,” explains Professor Lawrence Serfaty, hepatologist at the Strasbourg CHRU. In common language, it is better known under the term…
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