Re: enlarged liver or pancreas and pcos: FAT METABOLISM?
From: anonymous@obgyn.net
Thu, 6 Dec 2001 07:37:59 -0600 (CST)
Hi Terra,
I found your post very interesting. I was diagnosed with a fatty liver
(by my gastro - my endo doesn't know about it - guess I should ask her
next time I see her). But he said it was just cause I am overweight.
Didn't realise it could be related to the PCOS.
You said it may be becuase we have problem with fat metabolism (I have
way out of wack lipid profile - so I guess that is likely). Does this
mean we should have a very low fat diet? Does anyone know anything about
this?
Would be interested to know if other people have similar experiences /
comments on this.
Sally
t Wed, 5 Dec 2001, tera wrote:
>
>Hi!
>
>I posted a question about this a few days ago and ended up answering my
>own with notes that I found I had taken after an endo appt. a while
>back. I had asked my endo about my enlarged liver and pancreas. She
>proceeded to show me a full color poster (I wish I had a copy of that
>right now) about pcos and it showed all of the organs and body processes
>that can be affected by the condition. She said that in SOME pcos women
>an enlarged liver or pancreas can occur because women with pcos have
>trouble metabolizing fats and those fats if not metabolized properly can
>deposit in your liver and/or pancreas causing what I endearingly call my
>"chubby" liver. The enlargement of your liver can cause your liver
>function to be off and in some cases it can function as someone who has
>say hepatitus or who drinks too much. This can be called N.A.S.H. In a
>reply Sonnet said that it could have to do with excess weight and it can
>in some cases of overweight people but my endo said that a very few of
>her pcos patients did not have a weight problem and still had a "chubby"
>liver. I spoke with an G.I. specialist and he said that normally
>N.A.S.H is not harmful but in rare cases it can lead to cirrosis (sp?)
>of the liver. Hang in there everyone! Thanks so much for your reply,
>Sonnet! Your postings on the panel have really been informative and have
>helped me more than you could know! God bless! Tera
>
>--
>Tera
>
![[ PCOS Discussion Forums ]](../../images/pcos_at_obgyn.gif)