45m people have fatty liver in Bangladesh: Experts

BSS :
Experts at a function on Monday said about 45 million Bangladeshi adults are affected by fatty liver and it is one if the main causes of liver cirrhosis.
They said these at a launching ceremony of Online Liver Disease Management Platform at Carnival Care, at Uday Tower in Gulshan in the capital.
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) Interventional Hepatology Department’s Head Dr Mamun Al Mahtab, Associate Professor of Hepatology Department Dr MA Rahim, Director of Carnival Care Wali Ul Islam, Chief Executive Officer of Carnival Care Dr Farshid Bhuiyan, Dotlines Group Chairman Mahbubul Matin addressed it.
The speakers said about 10% of people in the country are infected with hepatitis B. There are numerous patients of hepatitis B, hepatitis C, liver cirrhosis and liver cancer in different parts of the country who are deprived of proper medical care, they said.
They said in order to ensure proper medical care for patients with liver or liver disease, a team of skilled liver specialists led by Mamun Al Mahtab will provide advanced and international standard treatment for various complex liver diseases at the platform.
Prof Mamun Al-Mahtab said, in view of the reality: “Many of the marginal people cannot reach us for treatment or consultation. Also, many patients come to us from outside Dhaka but they face difficulties in getting further follow up treatment. I hope this online platform will solve those problems.”
Speakers further said that people suffer from nash mainly for food habit or less physical labor. Liver, one of the main parts of the human body, spoils the functioning in this disease due to excess fat. If you do not prevent at the right time, then the liver loses its ability slowly, which causes liver cirrhosis, and even causes also liver cancer. Among them, 18 lakh people are affected with liver cirrhosis. If awareness is not raised, people of the country will be at risk of severe health problem in near future.