HPB - Hepatitis and Jaundice Flashcards
What is hepatitis
Inflammation of hepatocytes
Acute causes of hepatitis (4)
Viral
Autoimmune
Drug reactions e.g. paracetamol
Alcohol
Chronic causes of hepatitis (7)
Hep viruses Autoimmune hepatitis Alcohol Hyperlipidaemia Drugs Metabolic - Wilson's, alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency, haemochromatosis
Hepatitis A - structure
RNA picorna virus
Hepatitis A - transmission
Fecal - oral
Fish
Hepatitis A - incubation period
2-6w
Hepatitis A - PS
80% asymp
Hepatomegaly
Increased ALT
Doesn’t –> CLD
Hepatitis A - common?
Yes = most common hepatitis
Hepatitis A - vaccine?
Yes = whole killed vaccine
Hepatitis E - structure
RNA calcivirus
Hepatitis E - tranmission
F-O
Pork
Hepatitis E - disease progression
Acute + self limiting
No progression to chronic disease
Hepatitis E - where in the world
India
China
Hepatitis E - who is it most severe in
Pregnant women
Hepatitis E - is there a vaccine?
no
Hepatitis B - structure
Hepa-DNA virus
Hepatitis B - transmission
Blood
Semen
Saliva
Hepatitis B - incubation period
1-6 months
Hepatitis B - disease progression
10% –> chronic disease
1% –> fulminant liver disease
Hepatitis B - is there a vaccine?
Yes
Hepatitis D - structure
Incomplete RNA virus
Hepatitis D - transmission
Body fluid
Hepatitis D - disease progression
Can only cause disease if with Hep B
Can be acute or chronic
Hepatitis D - is there a vaccine?
Yes
HBV
Hepatitis C - structure
RNA flavivirus - quasispecies
Hepatitis C - transmission
Bodily fl
Hepatitis C - disease progression
85% –> chronically infected
30% - cirrhosis in 20 y
Hepatitis C - who is at risk
IVDU
Males
Older
Alcoholics
Hepatitis C - is there a vaccine
No
What % of viral hepatitis are non-A-E>
10-15%
e.g.s of non-A-E viral hepatitis
CMV
EBV
Yellow fever
HSV
Pathological changes acute hepaitits
Hepatocytes undergo degenerative changes before necrosis + rapid removal
Which zone of the hepatocyte is necrosis maximal in?
Zone 3
Def chronic hepatitis
Hepatitis lasting >6 months
How is the overall severity of chronic heaptitis judged?
Degree of inflammation (grading) + extent of fibrosis (staging)
HbaAG
Hepatitis B surface antigen
Active infection - appears within 6w + disappears by 3m
HBsAb
Anti-hepatitis B surface antibody
Prev infection/vaccination
HBeAg
Hepatitis Be antigen
Viral replication/infectivity
HBeAb
Anti-hepatitis Be antibody
Natural immunity
HbcAb IgG
Anti-hepatitis B core IgG antibody
Non-specific marker of current/prev infection
HBcAb IgM
Anti-hepatitis B core IgM aantibody
Infection within last 6 months
Markers raised in acute hepatitis
All markers
Apart from HbsAb
Markers raised in chronic hepatitis
HBeAg positive
HBeAb negative
PS of pre-icteric phase acute hepatitis
1-2 w prodrome malaise, arthralgia, headache + anorexia
Aversion to cig smoke
Vague RUQ pain
PS of icteric phase acute hepatitis
Pt = jaudinced w/ pale stools, dark urine, pruritis + skin rash
IN which type of viral heaptitis are extra hepatic features most common
Hep B
PS acute alcohol hepatitis (4)
After binge
Jaundice
RUQ pain
systemic upset
What is Discriminant function
Bilirubin
PT
Hepatic encephalopathy
All combined to predict survival in acute alcohol hepatitis
What must the AST:ALT be to be alcoholic liver disease
> 2