Srinagar, May 24 -- Disease often comes silently in Kashmir. There are no sirens, no symptoms, no urgent warnings. You feel fine, until you don't.

That's how fatty liver works. And right now, it's working fast.

Doctors in Srinagar are seeing it more than ever, in housewives, government employees, university students.

People walk into clinics with a stomachache or fatigue and leave with a diagnosis they've never heard of. Some don't believe it. Others nod and go home. They think: "At least it's not cancer." But it could be, one day.

The official term is non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, or NAFLD. It happens when fat builds up in the liver, even in people who don't drink.

At first, it's harmless. Then it turns into inflammation. Then ...