When they take blood for your medical they look for a GCT count (enzyme). Normal is considered less than 50. Mine has been as high as 180 over the years but all else was fine. First reaction from the Dr was that I drank too much. Didn't touch a drop for a 3 month period with weekly blood tests but GCT stayed high (150-180). Went to gastroenterologist, did ultrasound and said I had "Fatty Liver". In short, diet was way too high in saturated fats and very little exercise. Went on low fat diet and had to get lazy arse moving again, as well as little or no alchol and within 6 months back under 50 again. Been managing it like that for last 15 yrs. Gets hard at Christmas time.
Fatty liver, also known as
fatty liver disease (
FLD), is a reversible condition where large
vacuoles of
triglyceride fat accumulate in
liver cells via the process of
steatosis (i.e. abnormal retention of lipids within a cell). Despite having multiple causes, fatty liver can be considered a single
disease that occurs worldwide in those with excessive
alcohol intake and those who are obese (with or without effects of
insulin resistance). The condition is also associated with other diseases that influence fat
metabolism.
[1] Morphologically it is difficult to distinguish alcoholic FLD from non alcoholic FLD and both show micro-
vesicular and macrovesicular fatty changes at different stages.