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HEPATITIS
HEPATITIS
AFTERNOON
CLASS PRESENTATION
ON
“Hepatitis”
Prepared by:
Anju Shah
Kalpana Kawan
BNS 3rd Year, 6th Batch
General objective
At the end of this session, BNS 3 rd year students will be
able to explain about Hepatitis.
Specific objectives
At the end of this session, BNS 3 rd year students will be
able to:
• Introduce Hepatitis.
• State the facts related to Hepatitis
• Enumerate the classification of Hepatitis
• Explain the types of viral hepatitis
• Describe the mode of transmission of Hepatitis.
• Explain the patho-physiology of Hepatitis
Cont…
• List the clinical features of hepatitis.
• Enumerate the diagnostic evaluation of hepatitis
• Explain the medical management of hepatitis.
• Describe the preventive measures for hepatitis.
• Explain the nursing management of hepatitis
LIVER
INTRODUCTION
Liver is the largest organ of the human body.
It weights 1.2-1.5 kg in the adult.
It is the chemical factory of the body.
It performs multiple functions which are
essential for life.
It has enormous reserve capacity and
marvelous regenerating power
Hence, even in the presence of advanced
anatomic changes all the liver functions need
not be completely impaired
Liver Functions
Metabolic function
Synthetic function
Excretory function
Detoxifying function
Secretory function
Storage function
Miscellaneous Function
Hepatitis
Introduction
• The word “hepatitis” comes from the ancient
Greek word “hepar” meaning liver and
English word “itis” meaning inflammation.
• Viral Hepatitis
• Bacterial Hepatitis
• Toxic and drug-induced hepatitis
• Alcoholic hepatitis
• Autoimmune hepatitis
Viral Hepatitis
• Viral hepatitis is the most common type of
hepatitis worldwide.
• Hepatitis A
• Hepatitis B
• Hepatitis C
• Hepatitis D
• Hepatitis E
Stages of Hepatitis Infection
• The various clinical patterns and pathologic
consequences of different hepatotropic viruses
can be considered under the following
headings:
i) Carrier state
ii) Asymptomatic infection
iii) Acute hepatitis
iv) Chronic hepatitis
v) Fulminant hepatitis (Submassive to massive
necrosis)
Carrier State
Pre-icteric phase:
• This phase is marked by prodromal
constitutional symptoms & the earliest
laboratory evidence of hepatocellular injury in
pre-icteric phase is the elevation of serum
transaminases.
Icteric phase:
• This phase is commenced by the onset of
clinical jaundice and the constitutional
symptoms diminish.
Etiology:
Hepatitis A virus (HAV).
HAV is a RNA virus of Entero virus family.
Incubation period:
15-50 days (average 28 days)
Mode of transmission
Routine vaccination
• 2-dose series HepA
- Havrix 6–12 months apart or Vaqta 6–18
months apart (minimum interval: 6 months) or
• 3-dose series
- HepA-HepB (Twinrix at 0, 1, 6 months
[minimum intervals: 4 weeks between doses 1
and 2, 5 months between doses 2 and 3])
Cont…
• Post exposure prophylaxis: Give Hepatitis A
vaccine within two weeks of exposure. Active
immunity is produced after 6-8 weeks.
Immunoglobulin suppress over the symptoms of this
disease.
Hepatocellular injury
Cholestasis
Clinical manifestations
Cont…
Extrahepatic manifestation:
Include myalagia, photophobia, arthritis,
angioedema, urticaria, maculopapular
eruption, skin rashes that are immune
mediated due to deposition of immune
complexes in response to the virus.
Diagnosis
History taking
Physical examination
• Serological tests: Enzyme Linked Immunosorbant
Assay (ELISA)
Aspartate transaminase
5-31 iu/L
(AST/SGOT)
Alanine transaminase
5-35 iu/L
(ALT/SGPT)
• History taking
• Physical examination
• Detection of antibody:
- Enzyme Linked Immunosorbant Assay (ELISA)
• Anti-HDV antibody in acute infection
• Does not provide immunity to virus
• Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to detect
the virus.
• Liver function tests
Treatment