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Hepatitis Clinic
At DESUN there is separate Hepatitis clinic dealing with all the variants of
the disease. The disease Hepatitis (plural hepatitides) is a medical condition
defined by the inflammation of the liver and characterized by the presence of
inflammatory cells in the tissue of the organ. The name is from the Greek hepar),
the root being hepat meaning liver, and suffix -itis, meaning "inflammation" The
condition can be self-limiting (healing on its own) or can progress to fibrosis
(scarring) and cirrhosis.
Hepatitis may occur with limited or no symptoms, but often leads to jaundice, anorexia (poor appetite) and malaise. Hepatitis is acute when it lasts less than six months and chronic when it persists longer. A group of viruses known as the hepatitis viruses cause most cases of hepatitis worldwide, but it can also be due to toxins (notably alcohol, certain medications, some industrial organic solvents and plants), other infections and autoimmune diseases. Hepatitis can result in either acute hepatitis or chronic.
ACUTE
• Viral hepatitis:o Hepatitis A, B, C, D, and E.
o Yellow fever
• Non viral infection
o Toxoplasma
o Leptospira
o Q fever
• Alcohol
• Toxins: Amanita toxin in mushrooms, carbon tetrachloride, asafetida
• Drugs and many others
CHRONIC
• Viral hepatitis:• Hepatitis B with or without hepatitis D,
• Hepatitis C (Neither Hepatitis A nor Hepatitis E causes Chronic Hepatitis)
• Autoimmune
• Alcohol
• Drugs
• Heredity
All kind of cutting edge treatments for Hepatitis is available at DESUN HEPATITIS CLINIC and also at the DESUN INSTITUTE OF GASTROENTEROLOGY.