Hepatitis is acute or chronic inflammation.liver tissue of different etiology. The world community faced the need to actively combat the rapid spread of this pathology. The main cause of mass diseases is the human factor. Namely, the lack of moral standards, poor hygiene and poor awareness of people about the ways of infection, methods of treatment and prevention of the disease. This gap needs to be filled by everyone.
Common signs of hepatitis viral form
The term "hepatitis" combines several typesinfectious and non-infectious lesions of the body that can lead to liver cirrhosis and death. In the first place is the viral form. Despite the variety of pathogens (A, B, C, and so on), some symptoms of viral hepatitis are common. These include: loss of appetite, fatigue, migraine, fever, nausea and vomiting, rash, pain in the joints and in the upper right abdomen. Such symptoms are often confused with manifestations of other diseases.
Symptoms of chronic hepatitis
Other signs of hepatitis appear in violation ofliver function, resulting in the release of bile into the blood. The consequences of this are the following symptoms: yellowing of the skin, discharge of discolored stools and dark urine. This may indicate a transition of pathology to the chronic form.
Hepatitis cunning!
But not all types of this disease are accompaniedactive symptomatology. In a large number of people, signs of hepatitis are mild or absent. This is the "cunning" disease. The incubation period can take from two weeks to six months.
Often a person does not suspect the presence ofpathology, writing off small periodic changes in the functioning of the body to fatigue from processing, gastrointestinal disorders or flu. This is due to the similarity of some of the symptoms. Thus, the patient goes to the hospital already in the later stages, when the signs of hepatitis become pronounced. Naturally, in this case, precious time is missed.
The main criteria for diagnosis
From the above we can conclude thatsymptoms do not always allow to determine the diagnosis of "hepatitis" in the early stages. The main criteria are laboratory and clinical studies showing changes in the composition of the blood and the presence of viruses of this type.
Children are in danger!
The situation in modern society is such thatthe cases of infection of children not only with Botkin's disease, but also with other types of viruses have become frequent. The difficulty of treating young patients (however, adults too) is to restrict the use of drugs. This is due to the danger of the negative impact of drugs on the liver itself. As a result, you can get the acceleration of the development of the disease. In addition, hepatitis in children causes complications incomparable to the consequences in adults.
No to alcoholism and drug addiction!
Don't forget about non-infectious forms.this liver pathology. Relatively rare lesions occur as a result of autoimmune diseases and radiation sickness, as a result of exposure to chemicals and some drugs.
Alcoholism and drug addiction (not counting the infectionsexually and through the blood) are the most common causes of toxic hepatitis. Often, this type of pathology in parallel with the viral form.
Depends on everyone!
In the end it should be said that only from eachA member individually and on society as a whole depends on whether humanity can cope with the massive spread of hepatitis. Attentive, sincere attitude towards oneself and to others, observance of moral principles and standards of hygiene from childhood will be the key to successful struggle against “social diseases”.
