Hepatitis 2 Flashcards
What are the different stages of Viral Hepatitis?
- incubation period
- prodromal phase
- Icteric phase
- Convalescent phase
What happens in the incubation period?
- Virus replicaties in hepatocytes
2. No symptoms
How long does the prodromal phase last?
3-10 days
What are the symptoms like in prodromal phase?
- Flu like symptoms:
1. General fatigue
2. Malaise
3. Joint/muscle pain
4. Low grade fever - GI upset leads to RUQ pain
- No specific signs on examination
How long does the icteric phase last?
1-3 weeks can be 12 weeks
What are the symptoms of the icteric phase?
- Jaundice
- Pale stools
- Dark urine if cholestasis
- Pruritus (~40%)
- Hepatomegaly (85%)
- RUQ pain
How long is the convalescent (recovery) phase?
Up to 6 months (“post-hepatitis syndrome”)
What are symptoms ofconvalescent (recovery) phase?
- Malaise
- Anorexia
- muscle weakness
- Hepatic tenderness
Is there always a recovery phase?
no sometimes turns chronic phase can lead to cirrhosis and this can be compensated or uncompensated (chronic hep B,C,D)
How common is chronic hep B?
- one in three children who get infected before age 6 will develop chronic hepatitis B
- all older children (those aged ≥6) and adults infected with the hepatitis B virus recover completely and do not develop chronic infection.
3/ 5-10% of healthy adults 19 years and older who are infected will develop a chronic hepatitis B infection (that is, 90% will recover from an exposure)
What is a superinfection?
infection following a previous infection especially when caused by microorganisms that are resistant or have become resistant to the antibiotics used earlier
How can you tell if Hep D and Hep B is a superinfection?
detected by very high levels of anti-HDV in blood
What bloods are done in viral hep?
- FBC
- LFTs
- Prolonged PT (INR) as marker of liver damage
What do LFTs show in Viral Hep?
- high bilirubin C+UC
- Low albumin
- high ALT/AST
- High GGT
- High ALP
What imaging is done in Viral Hep?
US scan: for other
causes of liver impairment (e.g. malignancies)