Showing posts with label Hepatitis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hepatitis. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Dealing With Hepatitis

Hepatitis is a health condition characterized by an inflammation of the liver due to the inflammatory cells that dwell on the tissue of the organ. Hepatitis can heal on its own, however it can also progress into a more serious condition, such as fibrosis and cirrhosis.

Common symptoms of hepatitis are malaise and jaundice anorexia, although there are some instances that the condition do not show any or has limited symptoms. The condition becomes acute when it persists for less than six months and it becomes chronic when it last longer. Majority of the hepatitis cases worldwide are caused by a group of viruses referred to as the hepatitis viruses,