This is the definitive guide to help patients with fatty liver disease manage their condition. Fatty liver disease in all its forms is a rapidly rising clinical problem in populations. Our understanding of it is increasing all the time, however this rapid expansion in knowledge can leave patients and their families confused. This book is designed to help with that confusion. The areas that are covered include

• The causes of fatty liver disease: Who gets it and why?
• The role played by diet in fatty liver disease
• How we diagnose fatty liver disease and screen for its complications
• Current approaches to treatment and where progress is likely to come, including through lifestyle change and drug therapies
• Liver transplantation: Who, when and why?
• The symptoms of fatty liver disease and how to control them
• Living with fatty liver disease. How to get the best possible care and live your life to the fullest degree

With the information in this book, written by leading experts in liver disease and metabolism, you can make sure you are getting the best possible treatment, and find out what you can do to help yourself.

This guide, which is a companion to the highly successful "PBC: The Definitive Guide for Patients with Primary Biliary Cholangitis", can be read as a thorough explanation; a textbook for patients. Alternatively, with "two-minute versions" for each of the chapters, you get can all the key facts quickly. The book also has a dictionary of fatty liver disease which will help you understand the technical terms and medical jargon that you may encounter. The book is also ideal for the relatives and partners of fatty liver disease patients patients to help them better understand their loved one's medical problems. It will also be really useful for students, doctors, nurses and other professionals who are encountering fatty liver disease for the first time and want to find out more.

What people said about "PBC: The Definitive Guide for Patients With Primary Biliary Cholangitis" the original book in the series
" An excellent book.....thank you for writing this" S

" This book is an absolute godsend......this amazing book is a must have for all PBC patients and their families" JP

"An essential purchase" C

"Professor Jones is amazing, thank you so much for writing this invaluable book" LE

"Every piece of information you need to know and more is contained within this bible" PL