The hepatitis

The hepatitis is an inflammatory process of the liver.  Among their multiple causes the viral agents are found that produce hepatitis:  To, B, C, D, G and AND, although can also be unchained for other virus: citomegalovirus (CMV), Epstein Barr (EB), etc., alcohol, infections, medicines and drugs.

DESCRIPTION

It is an infectious illness that affects al liver causing the destruction of small zones of the liver weaving.  According to the cause of the inflammation, there are various types of hepatitis.  The symptoms vary since a light pain having the flu, that is it more common, to a serious liver deficiency.

CONSIDERATIONS Many cases begin with loss of appetite, queasiness, inconvenience, vomitings and fever.  The smokers can come they feel nausea al tobacco.  At times spots they appear and pains in the articulations.  Al tip from 3 to 10 days the urine returns dark and the jaundice appears (yellow coloring of the skin).  In one or two weeks the
jaundice arrives at its higher point and delays in disappearing between 2 and 4 weeks more, period that hard the recovery.

You CAUSE

In most cases, the hepatitis is caused for a virus, although can also be caused for the abuse of alcohol, medicines (especially anesthetics), poison gases, poisons and certainly infections of bacteria, mushrooms or parasitic.

The virus known as hepatitis TO (VHA) is the most frequent one.  It produces a light picture and cures by itself in some weeks without leaving consequences.  It enters for the mouth, grows in the intestines and is expelled with the wastes.  Generally it contracts al to eat food that have been contaminated through the fecal matter, or prepared by someone that itself have not washed the hands.

Another way of quite frequent infection is the consumption of shellfish that stem from water contaminated with black water.

The hepatitis B (VHB).  The type B can be extremely serious and even fatal if themselves not the adequate measures are taken.  Also hepatitis is called sérica, is transmitted for direct contact with blood contaminated (for example, transfusion and punctures) and secreciones seminal (sexual relations).

The analyses of prior blood to the transfusions have reduced the incident of hepatitis sérica, although now is more frequent by the sexual contact, or among addicts, by the use of needles contaminated.

There is a third type called hepatitis that until does little they were known like not-to not-B due to the lack of know-how on them.  Nowadays four of this group are known:

• Hepatitis C (VHC) :  The 90% of the cases associates to transfusions, are very few them related to sexual relations and perinatal broadcast.  It presents a greater tendency to be returned chronicle.
• Hepatitis D (VHD) :  The producing agent of this process requires of the membrane manufactured by the VHB for which he associates to this, that is to say, it pictures are used to reporting in bearers of the VHB.  It is presented mainly among the addicts.
• Hepatitis AND (VHE) :  It presents a broadcast through the water.  Is the cause of epidemics in the India, Asia, Africa and Mexico.  Its process of healing is spontaneous.
• Hepatitis G (VHG) :  It is very frequent in OR. S. TO. creating pictures of viremia that years last.  Does not it generate important liver illnesses.

SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS The main symptoms appeared in the course of a hepatitis are:

• Loss of appetite
• Nausea and vomitings
• Fever, exhaustion and fatigue
• Pains in the articulations
• Spots in the skin
• Dark Urine
• Jaundice (eyes and yellowish skin).

CALLING AL MEDICAL

If it suspects that suffers hapatitis, go immediately al doctor.

The doctor will examine the size and consistency of its liver and he will observe if the spleen is inflamed or sore.  The tests of laboratory will determine the presence of virus in the blood, urine or wastes of the patient and they will identify the type of virus responsible for the
liver inflammation.

PROCESSING

Not a specific processing set against the hepatitis exists, although the rest in bed to the remission of the symptoms is recommended.  The appetite is used to returning after a few days.  The sick one should not consume alcohol neither drugs that itself metabolicen in the
liver, at least during six months.

CARES

Remain in bed and try to maintain a good nutritious state.  A good hygiene can help to control the contagion.  It be washed the hands each time that use the bath and before preparing or to consume food.  The personal utensils and of pertinent table al sick, they should be separated of the remainder and boiled for 15 minutes.  Nevertheless, the sick one does not need to be isolated.