Dr. Joseph S. Galati is a renowned hepatologist living in Houston, Texas, and working in the sphere of liver diseases, obesity, and other disorders. He is a native of Long Island, New York and his undergraduate education was done in Syracuse University after which he was given his medical degree by the St. George School of Medicine. Dr. Galati is a founder of Liver Specialists of Texas and Metabolic Liver Center, where he delivers extensive care to the patients with different liver diseases. In addition to the clinical practice, he is an educator and communicator who began the radio show Your Health First in 2003 and wrote the book Eating Yourself Sick, discussing the effect of lifestyle decisions on health. Dr. Galati is also a popular speaker who stresses the role of family, faith, and nutrition in ensuring wellness.
Popular liver diseases are fatty liver disease, hepatitis, cirrhosis, liver cancer and auto immune liver diseases.
The treatment varies based on the kind and the degree of liver disease and can be made of medication, changes in lifestyle, or liver transplantation.
Eat Balanced diet, exercise, keep weight down, avoid excessive alcohol, hepatitis A and B vaccination, and toxins.
Contact a physician in case of jaundice, fatigue, stomach pain, swelling, dark urine or unaccountable loss of weight.
Among the commonly reported are jaundice, fatigue, swelling, nausea, reluctance to eat, dark urine, pale feces, and abdominal pain as well.
