Hepatitis- What is it and how to prevent yourself?-by Dr Vishal Khurana Senior Gastroenterologist
HEPATITIS (inflammation of liver) - act now as hepatitis can’t wait On this World hepatitis day (28 July 2021), Dr Vishal Khurana senior gastroenterologist from Faridabad is telling us about hepatitis. This year’s theme is “Hepatitis can’t wait”, conveying the urgency of efforts needed to eliminate viral hepatitis as a public health threat by 2030. Even in current covid scenario a person is dying every 30 seconds from a hepatitis related illness in world. What is hepatitis? Hepatitis is an inflammation of the liver that can causes acute as well chronic infection, jaundice, severe liver disease, liver cirrhosis and liver cancer. There are many causes of inflammation of the liver, including viral infection, excessive alcohol intake, side-effects of medication, disorders of the gall bladder or pancreas, and other infections. Viral hepatitis is inflammation of the liver caused by any hepatitis virus: hepatitis A, B, C, D and E. Hepatitis A and E are usually acute self limiting disease. Hep