2. Detection and types
• Can be detected as inflammation of
the liver and characterized by the presence
of inflammatory cells in the tissue of the
organ.
• The types are A and C that have differences
in their symptoms and effects.
• Acute viral hepatitis is more likely to be
asymptomatic in younger people.
Symptomatic individuals may present after
convalescent stage of 7 to 10 days, with the
total illness lasting 2 to 6 weeks.
3. Starts
• Presents flu-like symptoms, common to
almost all acute viral infections and may
include muscle and joint
aches, fever, nausea or vomiting, diarrhea,
and headache. More specific symptoms,
which can be present in acute hepatitis from
any cause, are: profound loss of appetite,
aversion to smoking among smokers, dark
urine, yellowing of
the eyes and skin and abdominal discomfort.
4. Effects
• In acute hepatitis the lesions predominantly contain
diffuse sinusoidal and portal mononuclear infiltrates
and swollen hepatocytes. Acidophilic cells are
common. Hepatocyte regeneration and cholestasis
typically are present. Bridging hepatic necrosis may
also occur.
• There may be some lobular disarray. Although
aggregates of lymphocytes in portal zones may occur
these are usually neither common nor prominent. The
normal architecture is preserved. There is no evidence
of fibrosisor cirrhosis may be seen.
6. Medical proccedures.
• First, they have to identify the kind of
hepatitis
• Then look for the chemical problem
• Find a way to restore the defenses form that
organ and the antibiotic that best fits the
problem.
• Give the prescription of a tratment that can
last from 2 weeks or more depending on the
body ant the reactions.
