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Symptoms of Viral Hepatitis



Viral hepatitis is infection of liver which occurs due to viruses of different kind. The different types of viruses which cause viral hepatitis are hepatitis A virus, hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus, hepatitis D virus and hepatitis E virus.


Viral hepatitis cause the following set of symptoms which are common to different types of viral hepatitis caused by different type of virus are as follow-


1.      Jaundice.

2.      Fever, headache and fatigue or tiredness.

3.      Loss of appetite.

4.      Nausea, vomiting and diarrhea.

5.      Skin rashes and polyarthritis in case of hepatitis B virus infection.

6.      Upper abdominal pain.

7.      Yellow discoloration of sclera.

8.      Liver becomes enlarged in size and become palpable on abdominal examination.

9.      Bilirubinuria in early stages.

10.  Slight microscopic haematuria and mild protienuria.

11.  Neutropenia, serum aminotransferase is raised.

12.  Both conjugated and unconjugated bilirubin level is raised.

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