Dan Marino, the Miami Dolphins’ Hall of Fame quarterback who now works with the team as a special advisor, revealed Monday morning that he had been diagnosed with a liver disease.
Marino, who turned 64 on Monday, told “People” he has metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis, or MASH. It was formerly known as nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.
He received the diagnosis in 2007 when he went in for a routine checkup without experiencing any symptoms, outside of being “a little fatigued,” he said in his interview with “People.”
MASH occurs when excess fat cells accumulate in the liver, which can cause chronic inflammation that leads to cirrhosis and liver cancer, according to the Cleveland Clinic .
Marino said he’s doing better by fixing his diet and returning to consistent ex