Chronic active hepatitis

Introduction: Chronic active hepatitis

Description of Chronic active hepatitis

Chronic active hepatitis (medical condition): Liver inflammation caused due to autoimmune processes where the...more »

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Autoimmune Hepatitis:
  »Introduction: Autoimmune Hepatitis
  »Symptoms of Autoimmune Hepatitis
  »Causes of Autoimmune Hepatitis
  »Tests for Autoimmune Hepatitis
  »Treatments for Autoimmune Hepatitis

Chronic active hepatitis: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Chronic active hepatitis:

• Hepatitis (42 causes)
• Hepatitis symptoms
• Portal
• Inflammation
• Parenchyma
• Necrosis (37 causes)
• Fibrosis
• Postnecrotic

Chronic active hepatitis as a Disease

Chronic active hepatitis: Another name for Autoimmune Hepatitis (or close medical condition association).
  »Introduction: Autoimmune Hepatitis
  »Symptoms of Autoimmune Hepatitis
  »Causes of Autoimmune Hepatitis
  »Treatments for Autoimmune Hepatitis

Chronic active hepatitis: Related Diseases

Chronic active hepatitis: Chronic active hepatitis is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:

• Autoimmune diseases
• Liver conditions
• Hepatitis
• Chronic liver disease
• Abdominal conditions
• Digestive conditions
• Acne-like conditions
• Non-pathogenic inflammatory conditions
• Autoimmune conditions

Causes of Chronic active hepatitis

Some of the causes of Chronic active hepatitis are included in the list below:

• Anomalous presentation of human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class II on the surface of hepatocytes, possibly due to genetic predisposition or acute liver infection; causes a cell-mediated immune response against the body's own liver

Read more about causes of Chronic active hepatitis (Autoimmune Hepatitis)

Symptoms of Chronic active hepatitis (Autoimmune Hepatitis)

Some of the symptoms of Chronic active hepatitis incude:

• Fatigue
• Enlarged liver
• Jaundice
• Itching
• Skin rash

See full list of 24 symptoms of Chronic active hepatitis (Autoimmune Hepatitis)

Treatments for Chronic active hepatitis (Autoimmune Hepatitis)

Treatments for Chronic active hepatitis (Autoimmune Hepatitis) include:

• Prednisone
• Azathioprine (Imuran)
• Cyclosporine
• Tacrolimus
• Liver transplant - if liver failure occurs

See full list of 6 treatments for Chronic active hepatitis

Treatment of Chronic active hepatitis: For more treatment information about Chronic active hepatitis, see treatment of Autoimmune Hepatitis (Chronic active hepatitis)

Chronic active hepatitis: Article Excerpts about Autoimmune Hepatitis

Autoimmune hepatitis is a disease in which the body's immune system attacks liver cells. This causes the liver to become... (Source: excerpt from Autoimmune Hepatitis: NIDDK)

Chronic active hepatitis as a Symptom

Chronic active hepatitis (symptom): Type of Liver symptoms.

More information on symptom: Liver symptoms:

• Liver symptoms

Chronic active hepatitis: Related Disease Topics

These medical disease topics may be related to Chronic active hepatitis:

• Hepatitis A
• Infectious mononucleosis
• Drug allergy
• Autoimmune hepatitis (Plasma cell)
• Graft-versus-host disease
• Medication/drugs
• Nitrofurantoin (Macrodantin/Furadantin)

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