Liver damage in patients with diabetes mellitus in the practice of a family doctor

This article presents information on the main pathological processes developing in the liver in diabetes mellitus. Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is an independent nosological unit that includes a spectrum of clinical and morphological changes in the liver parenchyma: steatosis (fatty degeneration) and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), the natural course of which can lead to the development of terminal stages of the disease: cirrhosis and liver cancer. This article is devoted to the etiology, pathogenesis, clinical picture, diagnosis and treatment of fatty liver disease in patients with diabetes mellitus.