Herpetic hepatitis

Description:

Herpetic hepatitis is the most frequent display of visceral herpes.

Symptoms of Herpetic hepatitis:

Often meets in the form of an easy form.
The severe form meets very seldom. The acute hepatitis forms due to generalization of a herpes infection. It seldom suppresses immunobiological reactivity of an organism of the patient. Usually hepatitis develops in parallel with damage of mucous membranes of a digestive tract and upper respiratory tracts, also an eye therefore the general condition of the patient at first sight often reminds acute Qatar of upper respiratory tracts (a hyperemia of mucous membranes, herpetic enantema, a dieback). Quite often against the background of an ikterichnost pastosity, a hyperemia of the person, allocation from a nose, cough, conjunctivitis, temperature increase, the expressed intoxication are observed. The liver is palpated from under costal edge on all lines on 3 — 5 cm (the sternal, parasternal, sredneklyuchichny, front axillary line), a softish consistence, is painful at a palpation, urine dark, a leukopenia, a neutropenia. SOE which is slowed down activity of enzymes is raised, existence in antigen blood. Course of herpetic hepatitis heavy, frequent psychological frustration, lethality high (10-30%).
Thus, herpetic hepatitis clinically differs in the expressed intoxication, existence of the catarral phenomena of upper respiratory tracts, an inflammation of mucous membranes of eyes, herpetic enantemy, in a dieback and psychological symptoms.

Reasons of Herpetic hepatitis:

Usually such hepatitis develops at the expense of a herpes simplex which can be is long in a human body in the form of a latent form, periodically causing a manifest form against the background of other infections.

Treatment of Herpetic hepatitis:

Treatment is carried out using antiviral drugs, symptomatic HP. Treatment of hepatitis adenosine-arabinozidom is offered, however proofs of its efficiency are absent so far.