Dental Implications of managing pt with systemic disease Flashcards
What is hepatitis?
inflammation of liver
What are the causes of hepatitis?
Acute: infection: bacterial or viral Drugs: alcohol, statins, street drugs, paracetemol Pregnancy Chronic: Viral Alcohol, AI: primary sclerosimg cholangits Genetic: wilsons ans haematochoromais
What are the complications of hep?
cirrhosis clotting defect Hepatocellular carcinoma chromic glomernephrits carrier state
What are the hep B antibodies?
HepB surface antigen: infected acute or chronic
HepB surface antibody: recovery from natrual or vaccine infection
HepBe antigen: infected at some time
HebBeantibody: recovery from natrua, or vaccine
HepB core antobody: igM test for core antibody but this is not protective. This indicates previous or ongoing infection
DNA polymerase
Which hep B markers are present in early incubation of hepatitis?
HBs Ag and HBeAg
Which Hep B markers are present during acute hepatitis? And how do you treat it?
HBsAG , HBcAg HBe Ag and AntiHbcAg
LA
Lamuvidine
Adenosine
Which hep B markers are repsent in recovery phase and immunity?
AntiHBsAg
antiHBeA
AntiHBcAg
Which Hep B markers are present in healthy carrers with low risk of infectivity?
HBsAg
Anti HBEAg
AntiiHBcAg
Which Hep markers are present in chronic carriers wth high risk of infectiveity?
HBsAg
HBeAg
AntiHBcAg
More than 6 months
WHat does Hep D do?
this rides on the back of HBV and replicates only in presence og HepB
Hep D is what type of virus?
incomplete RNA
Which Hep virus is usally seen post transfusion?
Hep C 90% of cases
How is Hep C transmitted usually?
paraenteral, IVDU, rarely sexual and vertical and sailva seen in animals
How do you diagnose Hep C?
dectection of anti HCV antibody
How long does seroconversion on Hep C take?
may take sevreal months
How can you diagnose acute HCV infection?
use PCR techniques to amplify HCV RNA
t/F there is a higher incidence of developing HCC with Hep B then with Hep C?
False
other way round
T/F there is a vaccine for Hep C?
false
How do you treat Hep C?
interforn alpha
ribavarin: which has been shown to reduce serum levels of HCV RNA
what percentage of people using interforn alpha for the treatment of HCV regress after 6 months?
50-80%