chronic active hepatitis
pathology
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causation and symptoms
- In hepatitis: Other causes
…are similar regardless of the hepatitis virus responsible. Patients may experience a flulike illness, and general symptoms include nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, fever, fatigue, loss of appetite, and, less commonly, rash and joint pain. Sometimes jaundice, a yellowing of the skin and eyes, will develop. The acute symptomatic phase of…
Read More - In digestive system disease: Chronic active hepatitis
Chronic hepatitis is the result of unresolved acute injury and is associated with ongoing liver damage. The course of the disease is usually slow but relentlessly progressive. A milder form of chronic disease, called persistent hepatitis, does not appear to lead to…
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