Hepatitis—inflammation of the liver—affects millions of people worldwide each year. This potentially serious condition can stem from viral infections, alcohol consumption, toxins, medications, or ...

Hepatitis A symptoms usually begin 2–4 weeks after you contract the virus. Symptoms may be mild or severe and can include fever, diarrhea, and jaundice. Children often don’t have any symptoms.

Hepatitis, literally an inflammation of the liver, has several causes, including viral infection. The most common viruses are hepatitis A (HAV), hepatitis B (HBV), and hepatitis C (HCV). There is also ...

Hepatitis A typically quickly resolves on its own without treatment. Very rarely, the viral condition may cause serious complications such as liver disease or liver failure, especially in older or ...

Hepatitis A and hepatitis B can be prevented with vaccines. CDC recommends all eligible gay and bisexual men get vaccinated ...

Preliminary probe suggests that viral Hepatitis and a possible water contamination were behind the deaths, however, a ...

A landmark inquiry investigating the worst treatment disaster in the history of the NHS is set to conclude on Monday. Between the 1970s and early 1990s, patients were given contaminated blood and ...

Blood tests can help with the diagnosis of autoimmune hepatitis. These include tests for increased liver enzymes or antibody levels. However, other tests are necessary to confirm the diagnosis.

More than 6,000 people a day are infected with viral hepatitis — and progress fighting the disease has stalled, a recently released World Health Organization report suggests. The analysis, released at ...

Dr Matthew Olumuyiwa Bojuwoye, a consultant gastroenterologist at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital and associate professor of medicine at the University of Ilorin, in this interview with ...

Some villagers, however, claimed that the number of deaths was higher and included a few youngsters. Read on to know more ...