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Most people with a fatty liver feel perfectly fine. There is no pain, no obvious symptom and nothing to warn them. The condition is usually found by accident: an ultrasound done for a stomach complaint, a blood test that shows slightly raised liver enzymes, or a routine check-up that mentions "fat in the liver" almost as an afterthought. Many people hear the phrase, shrug and carry on. That is a mistake, because a fatty liver is often the first visible sign that the body's metabolism is under strain. Fatty liver disease is now the most common chronic liver condition in the world. Depending on how it is measured, researchers estimate that somewhere between one in four and more than one in three adults is affected. Most of them are not alcohol drinkers. The cause is mainly the modern combination of extra weight, too little movement, refined food and rising rates of diabetes. In most people it stays mild. In a significant minority it quietly progresses to inflammation, sca...

Many people find out they have diabetes by accident. A routine blood test before a surgery, a doctor's visit for something unrelated, or a sudden infection that will not heal, and suddenly the number on the report is much higher than it should be. By then, the sugar in the blood may have been high for years. This matters a great deal in Pakistan. According to the International Diabetes Federation's 2025 Diabetes Atlas, about 34.5 million adults in Pakistan were living with diabetes in 2024, and the country has the highest rate of diabetes in the world once age is taken into account, at around 31 percent of adults. The same data suggests that millions of people with diabetes do not know they have it. World Diabetes Day is marked every year on 14 November, so it is a good time to learn what the early warning signs look like, who is at risk, which tests to ask for, and what you can do about it. The good news is that type 2 diabetes, the most common kind, can often be prevente...