Free Information-Acute Viral Hepatitis

 

Acute Viral Hepatitis 

• Widespread inflammation of the liver that is caused by hepatitis viruses A, B, C, D and E
  • Hep A: oral-fecal route
  • Hep B and C: body fluids
  • Hep D: occurs only in pts with Hep B

Hep E: oral-fecal route; seen more often in Asia, Africa, Mexico

 

 Acute Viral Hepatitis 

• Four phases of symptoms:

         1. Prodromal phase

         2. Preicteric phase

         3. Icteric phase

         4. Convalescent phase 

 

Risk Factors for Chronic Viral Hepatitis 

• Injection drug use
• Chronic hemodialysis
• Blood transfusion or transplantation prior to 1992 (HCV)

Receipt of blood (including needlestick) from a donor subsequently testing positive for HCV

 

 

Risk Factors for Chronic Viral Hepatitis 

• Receipt of clotting factor concentrates produced before 1987
• Asian ancestry (HBV)
• Unvaccinated health care workers
• Birth to mother with chronic HBV or HCV

 

Possible Risk Factors 

• Body piercing or tattooing
• Multiple sexual partners or sexually transmitted diseases
• Health care workers (HCV)

Contacts of HCV positive persons

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