What is nonalcoholic steatohepatitis?

Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis or NASH is a common, often “silent” liver disease. NASH can be severe and can lead to cirrhosis, in which the liver is permanently damaged and scarred and no longer able to work properly.

How do members experience nonalcoholic steatohepatitis?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for nonalcoholic steatohepatitis*

Who has nonalcoholic steatohepatitis on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 0
20s 2
30s 19
40s 31
50s 62
60s 60
70+ 26

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 45
Female 154

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What is nonalcoholic steatohepatitis?

Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis or NASH is a common, often “silent” liver disease. NASH can be severe and can lead to cirrhosis, in which the liver is permanently damaged and scarred and no longer able to work properly.



Common symptoms reported by people with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis

Common symptoms
How bad it is
What people are taking for it

Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
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Treatments taken by people for nonalcoholic steatohepatitis

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Compare treatments taken by people with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis

Let’s build this page together! When you share what it’s like to have nonalcoholic steatohepatitis through your profile, those stories and data appear here too.

Got a question about living with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis? Members in the forum might have the answers.



Who has nonalcoholic steatohepatitis on PatientsLikeMe?

  • 1 new patients joined this month
  • 94 say NASH is their primary condition

Age
Age Proportion # of patients
<20 0
20s 2
30s 19
40s 31
50s 62
60s 60
70+ 26
Age at first symptom
Age at first symptom Proportion # of patients
0-19 years 1
20-29 years 6
30-39 years 11
40-49 years 18
50-59 years 16
60-69 years 2
70+ years 0

Distribution of sex

Sex
Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 45
Female 154

Diagnosis status
Diagnosis status Proportion # of patients
Diagnosed 91
Not Diagnosed 3

These charts show data from NASH patients who have completed their condition history
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