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Scanning showed fatty liver am non alcoholic and took paracetamol from 1month daily 500mg am 21and 86kg 5'8height suggestions for cure and medications?
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Check meds and diet: Fatty liver has many causes which include high fat diet, diabetes, alcohol or drug abuse. Review your medications (including recreational drugs) to see if one them could be the cause. Make sure you are on a healthy high fiber diet. FYI, acetaminophen has been associate with liver damage. Talk to your doctor about the significance of fatty liver and drug interactions.
Answered 2/8/2015
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