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leverontsteking
Also known as hepatitides, acute and subacute liver necrosis, acute and subacute necrosis of liver, acute hepatitis, animal hepatitis, acute and subacute liver necrosis NOS, acute/subac. necrosis of liver, liveritis
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Hepatitis is inflammation of the liver tissue that can range from causing no symptoms at all to causing jaundice, poor appetite, vomiting, tiredness, abdominal pain, and diarrhea. It matters because acute hepatitis can sometimes progress to chronic hepatitis or serious complications like liver failure, and chronic hepatitis can eventually lead to cirrhosis, liver failure, and liver cancer.
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Key facts
- Medical condition (new).name
- Hepatitis
- Medical condition (new).image
- Alcoholic_hepatitis.jpg
- Medical condition (new).caption
- Alcoholic hepatitis as seen with a microscope, showing fatty changes (white circles), remnants of dead liver cells, and Mallory bodies (twisted-rope shaped inclusions within some liver cells). (H&E stain)
- Medical condition (new).field
- Infectious disease, gastroenterology, hepatology
- Medical condition (new).symptoms
- Yellowish skin, poor appetite, abdominal pain
- Medical condition (new).complications
- Scarring of the liver, liver failure, liver cancer
- Medical condition (new).duration
- Short term or long term
- Medical condition (new).causes
- Viral infections (Hepatitis A, B, C, D, E), alcohol, drugs/toxins, autoimmune diseases, metabolic disorders
- Medical condition (new).prevention
- Vaccination (for viral hepatitis), avoiding excessive alcohol
- Medical condition (new).treatment
- Medication, liver transplant
Article · Nederlands
Leverontsteking of hepatitis is een verzamelnaam voor een aantal op elkaar lijkende ontstekingsverschijnselen van de lever. Het woord hepatitis komt uit het Grieks en Latijn en bestaat uit twee delen: 'ἡπαρ' (hèpar) en '-itis'. Hepar betekent lever en het achtervoegsel -itis betekent ontsteking. De ziekte doet zich over de hele wereld voor.
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