What Is Involved in Making a Diagnosis of Hepatitis?

Hepatitis is a collective term for liver inflammation. Usually refers to the destruction of liver cells by a variety of pathogenic factors-such as viruses, bacteria, parasites, chemical poisons, drugs, alcohol, autoimmune factors, liver function, and a series of uncomfortable symptoms in the body, and Abnormal liver function indicators.

Basic Information

English name: Hepatitis
Visiting department: Department of Infectious Diseases, Hepatitis, Gastroenterology
Common causes: Caused by viruses, bacteria, parasites, drugs, alcohol, etc.
Common symptoms: Loss of appetite, bloating, tired of greasy food, nausea and vomiting, fatigue

Contagious: Have
way for spreading: Viral hepatitis is contagious and can be transmitted through daily contact, blood-borne transmission, mother-to-child transmission, and iatrogenic and sexual contact.

Hepatitis classification

According to the cause

Can be divided into viral, bacterial (such as amoeba) drug, alcohol, toxic, autoimmune, non-alcoholic fatty and so on.

2. According to the length of the disease

Can be divided into acute hepatitis, chronic hepatitis and so on.

3. According to the presence or absence of jaundice

Acute hepatitis can be divided into acute jaundice hepatitis and acute jaundice-free hepatitis.

4. According to the severity

Chronic hepatitis can be classified as mild, moderate, or severe.

Clinical manifestations of hepatitis

Symptoms

The clinical manifestations of hepatitis differ from cause to cause. Common symptoms include: loss of appetite, bloating, anorexia,

Nausea, vomiting, and tiredness.

2. Signs

Some patients have yellow stained sclera or skin, fever, hepatic pain, hepatomegaly, tenderness, and spider nevus and liver palm in some patients. Ascites, oliguria, bleeding tendency and disturbance of consciousness, coma, etc. are seen in severe hepatitis.

Hepatitis check

Laboratory inspection

(1) Liver function test.

(2) Serological examination (detection of virus-specific markers, which is helpful for typing of viral hepatitis).

(3) Other related tests (blood routine, renal function, protein, fat and glucose metabolism, serum immunological tests, etc.).

2. Imaging examination

Including abdominal ultrasound, CT, magnetic resonance examination, etc.

3. Pathological examination of liver puncture

It is of great value in the diagnosis of various types of hepatitis. Through liver tissue electron microscopy, immunohistochemical detection and observation with the KnodellHAI scoring system, correct data can be obtained on the etiology, etiology, inflammatory activity, and fibrosis of hepatitis. Conducive to clinical diagnosis and differential diagnosis.