Hepatitis is a type of disease that causes inflammation of the liver.
Liver diseases are classified according to time as follows.
1. Acute - <4 weeks
2. Subacute - from 4 weeks to 6 months
3. Chronic > 6 months
4. End-stage liver disease
What are the symptoms of liver disease?
Although the symptoms of liver disease differ depending on the cause and the time period I put above, they mainly show the following signs.
- Fatigue
- Headache
- Abdominal pain
- Nausea
- Return
- Yellowness of the body and eyes
- Changing the color of urine and feces
- Weight loss
- Fever
- Decreased appetite
- Joint pain or it may show other non-specific symptoms including pain.
- The liver can be damaged due to various reasons, we can see the reasons as follows.
Etiology:-
1. Virus (Viral Hepatitis)
- Hepatotropic viruses (hepatotropic viruses (A-E)
- Non-hepatotropic viruses (HSV, EBV, CMV, etc...)
2. Bacterial Hepatitis
for example pyogenic, tuberculosis
3. Protozoal Hepatitis
for example amebiasis of the liver, Malaria, Toxoplasmosis, and Kalazar (visceral leishmaniasis)
4. Helminthic Hepatitis:
which includes: schistosomiasis, liver flukes
5. Fungal Hepatitis:- like Deep mycosis
6. Toxins, Poisons, and Alcohol: The liver is the silent, diligent, and kind part of our body that removes most of the poisons and gouge chemicals from our body. As a result, he may be impaired in the following things.
For example, Medications taken for treatment like:Anti-tuberculosis,Pain relievers (NSAIDs),blood pressure medications,antibiotics,Anti-cancer chemotherapy,Anti-HIV etc
Various toxic chemicals like aflatoxin, pesticides, Herbicides, etc...Unmeasured herbal medicines
"Everything is a poison what a does matters!" Toxicology experts say
7. Metabolic Causes
For example Wilson's disease(Hemochromatosis), Like glycogen storage diseases and fatty infiltrations, etc.
8. Vascular causes are known as arterial or venous occlusive disorders, hepatitis, etc.
9. Congestive hepatitis: - As a result of heart disease, it causes congestion and congestion in the liver due to the blood being left behind.
10. Autoimmune hepatitis
We will focus on them and discuss the types of hepatitis caused by viruses first in the next post.
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