OVERVIEW: What every practitioner needs to know Are you sure your patient has viral hepatitis? What are the typical findings for this disease? Viral hepatitis often presents with symptoms of fever, malaise, and anorexia. In addition, many patients will also have nausea, abdominal pain or tenderness, and jaundice. However, the presentation depends on the type…
OVERVIEW: What every practitioner needs to know Are you sure your patient has autoimmune hepatitis? What are the typical findings for this disease? Autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) often presents with nonspecific symptoms of fatigue, anorexia, and nausea. The next most common symptoms are abdominal pain, jaundice, arthralgia, and epistaxis. AIH is a chronic progressive inflammatory disease that mainly…
