Talk:Hepatitis

Hepatitis B more often involves transmission by exposure to blood or other body fluids. About 1 million people die worldwide as a result of hepatitis B, often either of liver failure or liver cancer.

Bold textHepatitus is not herpes. Some people think it is but it is no where near to the disease herpes.

Die in what period of time? A year? -- stewacide 22:42, 14 Nov 2003 (UTC)

Cleanup

The article is very complete already, but could someone pl. add a reference to the phonemonon where standard liver function tests can show that a patient has 'hepatitis', even when no other symptoms, or possible causes, are present. Thanks. Holdspa 13:22, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

Well, I've rewritten almost everything, but I lack the time to research all the details. For now, I wonder if this is enough for a cleanup operation. JFW | T@lk 14:08, 19 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Its lovely. What are "IgG antibodies" introduced into the article without an introduction. :) --Tagishsimon

Uhh, this is a recurring problem on the medical side of WikiPedia. Articles are intended for layfolk as much as for people grounded in the medical sciences. I could have used "seropositivity" and risked misunderstandings about AIDS, and I could have rambled about immunological memory. It's hard to strike a balance (-: JFW | T@lk 02:20, 20 Apr 2004 (UTC)

And check the two "causes" in this sentence. Some mistake?:

In severe cases of alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency (A1AD), the acculumated protein causes in the endoplasmic reticulum causes liver cell damage and inflammation. This is technically not an autoimmune disease.

I'll let you off on IgG since it's late :)

I deleted IgG antibody and changed it to Antibodies against hepatitis, leaving out discussion of the Ig class information and interpretation. Kd4ttc 23:16, 22 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Hepatitis A

I possibly had a case of Hepatitis A (the one that is caused by contaminated water and food) and it did not seem to be as bad as other cases I have heard of. The liver did not grow a lot. Doctor said it might be just a normal stomach virus depending on the inflamation of the liver. Just a small case possibly but painful nontheless. I'm glad it was not any bigger. Are death rates of non sexual Hepatitis very different than that of the sexual ones? Zulu, King Of The Dwarf People 00:07, 14 July 2005 (UTC) (edited, April 15 2006 -Zulu, King Of The Dwarf People)

I wouldn't mention this to the world. People may decline to use your toilets. Seriously, hepatitis A is self-limiting and has a good prognosis, while hepatitis B and C may become dormant and lead to cirrhosis. Hep A does not cause cirrhosis; very few cases go on to develop fulminant liver failure. JFW | T@lk

What sorts of symptoms did you have, Zulu? I really can't afford to see a doctor now and I'm experiencing some abdominal pain, occasionally dark (but not bloody) urine, decreased appetite, and some fatigue. Does this sound about right for Hep. A?

I had those symptoms also. I know that the deep colour of urine is caused by lack of water, which people get when they are sick with anything, so that can be just a symptom of a normal stomach virus, but I had that. The doctor did not say flat out that I had hepatitis but they told me that hepatitis was going around and that it is possible that I either had a minor case of it or a different stomach virus. Did you vomit a lot? If you did the trick is to lay down on your stomach. It sounds like the worse thing to do but it worked for me when I went to sleep... -Zulu, King Of The Dwarf People 14:12, April 15 2006 (UTC)

Dark urine is usually caused by dehydration. Hepatitis often leads to jaundice, and dark urine together with jaundice is not due to dehydration but due to increased removal of bilirubin by the kidneys from the bloodstream. JFW | T@lk 16:30, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

Phosphorus, metal or non-metal?

The article mentions phosphorus, the "metal". But the wikipedia article on phosphorus says it is a non-metal, which it actually is.

Definitely nonmetal.68.239.163.122 19:42, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

Re: Hepatitis Drug Induced

Two important classes of medications should be included in the list of potential toxins of the liver; and they are the sulfas, such as Bactrim, and narcotics, such as Vicodin, which can lead to fulminant necrosis. I had one patient have their liver enymes level become markedly elevated as a result of treament for a urinary tract infection (UTI) with the very commonly used sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim combination and another have an elevation secondary to treament with the hydrocodone/acetaminophen combination prescribed for an arm fracture. Fortunately, the liver enzymes level returned to normal with cessation of the offending agent. Dalsan (talk · contribs)

Have any of these been reported in the literature? Otherwise this qualifies as original research, for which Wikipedia is not an outlet. JFW | T@lk 11:54, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

I'm adding azathioprine to the list. Its ability to cause drug-induced hepatitis is well-documented and I provide one journal and one textbook, although there are many more. BaseballBaby 02:36, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

Vandalism

I accidentally reverted 198.80.151.142 after he/she fixed some vandalism. Apologise. All fixed now. JFW | T@lk 16:26, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

Infectious mononucleosis causes of Hepatitis

Researching causes based on medical history for a friend, I went to the Infectious mononucleosis entry and found that Hepatitis is listed there as a severe effect; from that mononucleosis page: "Other complications include hepatitis (inflammation of the liver) causing jaundice, and anemia (a deficiency of red blood cells). In rare cases, death may result from severe hepatitis or splenic rupture." Yet here on Hepatitis there is no mention of mononucleosis at all. I would like to add it, but do not know under what heading it would be added, or to what part of the Hepatitis page it would go "under". I don't think an elaboration is needed just mention of it in the same way Hepatitis is mentioned there. Can someone help with this? B4Ctom1 19:23, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

Vandalism

There is a few incidences of vandalism within this article that need to be cleaned up

The word "bonjour" and the male pregnancy, nacho entries... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Pitotshock (talk • contribs) 17:27, 1 February 2007 (UTC).

Which is it?

Hepatitis B is caused by a hepadnavirus, which can cause both acute and chronic hepatitis. Chronic hepatitis develops in the 15% of patients who are unable to eliminate the virus after an initial infection...95% of patients clear their infection and develop antibodies against hepatitis B virus. 5% of patients do not clear the infection and develop chronic infection; only these people are at risk of long term complications of hepatitis B.

So is it 5% or 15%?