No one wants to hear they have a fatty liver.
Experts say the name was changed to metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease, orNotably, it's missing potentiallyand health system websites — and doctors — still commonly referencing fatty liver disease.
"It will take some time," a spokesperson for the American Liver Foundation told Axios. She said the organization itself is easing into use of the new name to reduce confusion. MASLD is a chronic liver disease caused by a buildup of fat in the liver and can lead to inflammation and liver damage.The shift was recently pointed out to me by Don Chalfin, who works in medical affairs for Siemens Healthineers, after I wrote about the"It's bad enough being a patient. You shouldn't have to be ashamed for it," Chalfin said.
Chalfin, who is also an ICU doctor, is speaking from firsthand experience after unexpectedly being diagnosed with liver disease so advanced he needed a transplant. Something as simple as a name can be a barrier to someone deciding to get screened, he said. "It's like anything else: The earlier you can detect it, the less likely it is to progress and the more likely it is we can do something," he said.Share on linkedin
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