What Causes Chronic Hepatitis?
Chronic hepatitis is caused by the hepatitis B (it can be combined with or without hepatitis D) and C strains, or by drugs. Although it can happen as reoccurring bouts of acute, there are many times chronic hepatitis has no symptoms until the liver is severely scarred. It is much less common than acute hepatitis, but at its worst can cause a deterioration of brain function, cirrhosis of the liver, an enlarged spleen, accumulated fluids in the abdominal cavity and liver failure. There are other, more rare forms of chronic hepatitis such as autoimmune hepatitis, where abnormalities in the liver trigger the condition. Treatment for Acute and Chronic Hepatitis There are vaccinations available to prevent acute hepatitis strands A, B and E. Otherwise, since acute hepatitis can happen from so many other viruses that are not hepatitis, the treatment options are basically support-based–controlling what caused the acute condition in the first place. Unlike acute hepatitis, chronic hepatitis doe
