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Acute hepatitis

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Acute hepatitis is an inflammation of the liver which has a duration of less than six months.

The most common causes of acute hepatitis are alcohol abuse and hepatotropic viral infection.

Clinically the patient experiences a prodrome of general malaise and anorexia. Jaundice may follow.

There is a typical hepatitic biochemical profile.

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