What is Hepatitis?

What is Hepatitis?

• Hepatitis: Any type of liver inflammation or infection.
• Hepatitis: inflammation of the liver caused by a virus or a toxin.
  Source - WordNet 2.1

Hepatitis: Introduction

Types of Hepatitis:

Types of Hepatitis:

• Viral Hepatitis
• Hepatitis A
• Hepatitis B
• Hepatitis C
• Hepatitis D
• Hepatitis E
• Hepatitis X
• Hepatitis G
• Acute Hepatitis
• Chronic Hepatitis
• Chronic Hepatitis B
• Chronic Hepatitis C
• Autoimmune Hepatitis
• Secondary Hepatitis - caused by another underlying medical condition
• Fulminant Hepatitis
• more types...»

Broader types of Hepatitis:

• Liver conditions
• Diseases contagious from sex
• Diseases contagious from food
• Diseases contagious from intravenous needles
• Diseases contagious from vaginal sex
• more types...»

How serious is Hepatitis?

Complications of Hepatitis: see complications of Hepatitis

What causes Hepatitis?

Causes of Hepatitis: see causes of Hepatitis
Risk factors for Hepatitis: see risk factors for Hepatitis

What are the symptoms of Hepatitis?

Symptoms of Hepatitis: see symptoms of Hepatitis

Complications of Hepatitis: see complications of Hepatitis

Can anyone else get Hepatitis?

More information: see contagiousness of Hepatitis

Hepatitis: Testing

Diagnostic testing: see tests for Hepatitis.

Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Hepatitis.

How is it treated?

Doctors and Medical Specialists for Hepatitis: General practitioner, Primary care physician, Gastroenterologist, Gastrointestinal surgeon, General surgeon, Hepatologist, Immunologist, Infectious disease specialist, Gynaecologist, Geriatrician ; see also doctors and medical specialists for Hepatitis.
Treatments for Hepatitis: see treatments for Hepatitis
Prevention of Hepatitis: see prevention of Hepatitis
Research for Hepatitis: see research for Hepatitis

Society issues for Hepatitis

Hospitalization statistics for Hepatitis: The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Hepatitis:

• 0.007% (903) of hospital consultant episodes were for chronic hepatitis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 88% of hospital consultant episodes for chronic hepatitis required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 35% of hospital consultant episodes for chronic hepatitis were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 65% of hospital consultant episodes for chronic hepatitis were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 21% of hospital consultant episodes for chronic hepatitis required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 7.9 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for chronic hepatitis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 2 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for chronic hepatitis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• more statistics...»

Organs Affected by Hepatitis:

Organs and body systems related to Hepatitis include:

• Liver

Name and Aliases of Hepatitis

Main name of condition: Hepatitis

Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, Hepatitis:

• Hepatitis A
• HAV
• Epidemic hepatitis
• Infectious hepatitis
• Short-incubation hepatitis
• Virus A hepatitis
• Viral hepatitis type A
• Hepatitis B
• HBV
• Viral hepatitis type B
• Long-incubation hepatitis
• Serum hepatitis
• Transfusion hepatitis
• Virus B hepatitis
• Hepatitis C
• HCV
• Viral hepatitis type C
• Hepatitis D

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