What are Acute Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C?
Acute hepatitis B and C are clinical symptoms onset after the period of the incubation, which is about 1-6 months for both, and lasting less than 6 months. Nearly all cases of acute viral hepatitis are benign, with most patients demonstrating normal results on liver function testing by 8-10 weeks. But fulminant hepatitis leads to submassive and massive hepatic necrosis that occurs in 1-2% of patients with hepatitis B and hepatitis C. The mortality rate varies with age and approaches 90-100%, especially in patients older than 60 years.
