Hepatic Disorders
DESCRIPTION Hepatitis (inflammation of the liver) may be infectious (caused by viral, bacterial, fungal, and parasitic organisms) or non-infectious (triggered by alcohol, drugs, autoimmune diseases, and metabolic diseases). Causes of hepatitis includes idiosyncratic drug reactions, viral hepatitis (A, B, C, D, E), alcoholic hepatitis, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, autoimmune hepatitis, Wilso
DESCRIPTION
Hepatitis (inflammation of the liver) may be infectious (caused by viral, bacterial, fungal, and parasitic organisms) or non-infectious (triggered by alcohol, drugs, autoimmune diseases, and metabolic diseases).
Causes of hepatitis includes idiosyncratic drug reactions, viral hepatitis (A, B, C, D, E), alcoholic hepatitis, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, autoimmune hepatitis, Wilson’s disease, ischaemic hepatopathy, Budd-Chiari syndrome, veno-occlusive disease, acute fatty liver of pregnancy/HELLP syndrome, malignant infiltration, partial hepatectomy, toxin exposure, including mushroom poisoning, sepsis, heat stroke or haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis.
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Standard Treatment Guidelines And Essential Medicines List For South Africa, Adult Hospital level, 2020-4_Version 1_July 2024
Chapter 1: Alimentary tract; 1.2 Hepatic Disorders