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Drug-induced hepatitis (also called toxic hepatitis) occurs in eight in every 10,000 people because the liver reacts abnormally during drug exposure, leading to liver damage.
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What type of pathogen causes hepatitis?
Hepatitis is caused by blood borne pathogens. The pathogens themselves conveniently share similar names to the type of hepatitis they cause: The pathogen that causes Hepatitus A is known as the Hepatitis A Virus (HAV), the pathogen that causes Hepatitus B is known as the Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) and the pathogen that causes Hepatitus C is known as the Hepatitis C Virus (HCV).
What causes hepatitis B?
Usually caused by hepatitis B virus.
Do hepatitis b viru causes heartburns?
NO
What microorganism causes Hepatitis C?
Sonething
What is an infectious disease that affects the liver is?
VIRAL HEPATITIS -A [HAV] VIRAL HEPATITIS -B[HBV] VIRAL HEPATITIS -C[HCV] VIRAL -HEPATITIS -E[HEV] HBV-associated delta agent or hepatitis D virus (HDV), ALL VIRAL HEPATITIS ARE INFECTIOUS MOREOVER FEW BACTERIAS ALSO CAUSES HEPATITIS AND VERY NOTORIOUS PROTOZOA ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA ALSO CAUSES HEPATITIS AND EVETUALLY AMOEBIC LIVER ABSCESS DR NAITHANI MD [AYURVEDA]
What causes Intrahepatic cholestasis?
Intrahepatic cholestasis is usually caused by hepatitis or by medications that can produce symptoms resembling hepatitis
What causes liver damage in SBS?
The main two causes of liver damage are alcoholism and hepatitis.
Is hepatitis a viruse or a bacteria?
Hepatitis is actually quite a general term which means inflammation of the liver and so has many causes for example drug-induced, alcoholic, autoimmune or infectious. On the whole when most people refer to hepatitis they refer to infectious hepatitis often caused by the hepatitis viruses types B & C which have the potential to cause long term (chronic) hepatitis. There are other forms of the hepatitis virus family including types A, D & E and there are other forms of virus which can cause hepatitis. There are non-viral infectious causes of hepatitis including toxoplasma and Q fever (which is a bacteria) but these are rare.
What causes a elevated C-reactive protein and elevated bilirubin?
hepatitis
What microorganism causes hepitis?
I think you mean Hepatitis. It is a viral infection.
How does hepatitis A affect your health?
Hepatitis means inflammation of the liver. One virus that causes hepatitis is called the hepatitis A virus. hepatitis A virus is carried in the bloodstream to the liver. It can then affect your liver to cause hepatitis. For some people with hepatitis A Shows not symptoms. The Common symptoms of Hepatitis A include flu-like symptoms and yellowing of your skin and the whites of your eyes (jaundice) which then gradually clear without treatment.
Is bilirubin connected with hepatitis?
When the liver is damaged as with hepatitis it is no longer able to metabolize the bilirubin in the blood and causes jaundice which is a yellowing of the whites of the eyes and skin.
