The liver is an important organ of the human body, its main function is to secrete bile, and 97% of the body's bile is produced by liver cells.
Second, the liver can also convert blood into albumin or lipoprotein that the body needs.
In addition, the coagulation factors produced by the liver can also promote the rapid coagulation of blood at the wound, so as to achieve the effect of hemostasis.
However, if the amount of bleeding is too large, the effect of the clotting factor will not be too obvious.
Although the function of the liver is very powerful, if you do not pay attention to the maintenance of the liver, there may still be lesions, such as hepatitis.
Hepatitis is a general term for all liver inflammation, mainly due to bacteria, viruses, parasites, alcohol, drugs, chemicals, autoimmunity and other factors caused by diseases, can occur in all ages, some hepatitis also has a certain degree of contagiousness.
In order to treat hepatitis, it is clinically divided into five types, so which five types of hepatitis are there?
1. Hepatitis B
This type of hepatitis, referred to as hepatitis B, is caused by infection with the hepatitis B virus, which is mainly transmitted through blood, sex, mother and child channels.
The incidence of hepatitis B is high, and there are generally no obvious symptoms after infection with the hepatitis B virus, it seems that other people are no different, can live and work normally, so most of them are found during physical examination.
However, a small number of patients will show typical symptoms such as bloating and fever, anorexia, and fatigue after the disease.
2. Hepatitis D
Hepatitis D often occurs at the same time as hepatitis B and rarely alone.
This is because hepatitis D virus itself has a certain defect, it does not produce a viral outer membrane, as long as it relies on the antigen on the surface of hepatitis B virus, so the premise of hepatitis D virus pathogenesis is that the patient himself is infected with hepatitis B virus.
3. Hepatitis E
This is a relatively rare form of hepatitis caused by the hepatitis E virus and has some contagiousness and mortality.
After the disease, patients may have symptoms such as lack of body, loss of appetite, and enlarged liver. However, this type of hepatitis is not a chronic disease and can recover after about two months of illness as long as it is treated in time.
However, if a woman in the third trimester is infected with the disease and is not treated in time, it may evolve into severe hepatitis, and the mortality rate is as high as 40%.
4. Hepatitis A
Hepatitis A is a contagious liver disease characterized by hardiness, heat, and acid. Both men, women and children can be infected.
After contracting this disease, liver cells will be severely damaged, so that it will affect the normal operation of the liver, causing patients to have symptoms such as dizziness, nausea, fever and fatigue, and abdominal pain.
5. Hepatitis C
Hepatitis C is also a more frequent hepatitis, there will be no obvious symptoms after infection with the virus, usually only a relatively mild weakness, no appetite, only a very small number of people will have jaundice, and often after examination is found.
If it is not treated and controlled in time, it may also develop into chronic hepatitis, and even evolve into cirrhosis and liver cancer.
For hepatitis, many people are familiar with hepatitis B, but the other types of hepatitis mentioned above are also more common. Regardless of the type of hepatitis, timely and symptomatic treatment should be given so as not to cause the condition to become more serious, such as liver cancer.
If infectious hepatitis is diagnosed, daily necessities should be used alone to avoid cross-infection. At the same time, we should also pay attention to maintaining the liver in life, and do less things that are harmful to liver function, such as drinking, staying up late, being too anxious, and overworking.