Contribution to the specification of clinical and paraclinical aspects of A, B, E type of acute viral hepatitis (AVH)
- Author:
Ha Dang Le
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Hepatitis
- MeSH:
Hepatitis;
Hepatomegaly
- From:Journal of Medical and Pharmaceutical Information
1998;(1):25-32
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
Study on 73 patients with acute viral hepatitis type A, B and E, almost patients with ages of less than 40 year old. The average age of patient with A type AVH (20.39.2 years) is less than that of patient with B type AVH (31.511.5 years) or E type AVH (20.9012.3 years). A, B, E type AVH occurred much more in male than in female. During preicteric phase, fever, fatigue, and loss appetite are symptoms that most patients with A, B, E type AVH complain of. Fever happens more frequently in A type AVH than in B type AVH. The duration of preicteric phase of E type AVH (4.22.4 days) is shorter than that of patients with A type AVH (6.75.5 days) or B type (7.66.3 days). Common symptoms observed in icteric phase of A, B, E type AVH are jaundice, loss of appetite and hepatomegaly. Clinical features and hepatic functional disorders of patient with B type AVH are more serious than that of patient with A and E type AVH.
