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Causes

Acute Hepatitis is caused by the following:

  • Viral Hepatitis: Hepatitis A through E (more than 95% of viral cause), herpes simplex,cytomegalovirus, epstein- barr, yellow fever virus, adenoviruses.
  • Non viral infection: Toxoplasma, leptospira, Q fever, rocky mountain spotted fever.
  • Alcohol.
  • Toxins: Amanitatoxin in mushrooms, carbon tetrachloride, asafetida.
  • Drugs: Paracetamol, amoxycillin, antituberculosis medicines, minocycline and others.
  • Ischemic Hepatitis (circulatory insufficiency).
  • Pregnancy.
  • Auto immune conditions e.g. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE).
  • Metabolic diseases e.g. Wilson's disease.

Chronic hepatitis is caused by the following:

  • Viral hepatitis: Hepatitis B with or without hepatitis D, Hepatitis C (Hepatitis A and E do not lead to chronic disease).
  • Autoimmune: Autoimmune Hepatitis.
  • Alcohol.
  • Drugs: methyldopa, nitrofurantoin, isoniazid, ketoconazole.
  • Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis.
  • Heredity: Wilson's disease, alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency.
  • Primary biliary cirrhosis and primary sclerosing cholangitis occasionally mimic chronic Hepatitis.
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