http://www.texasliver.com Liver Specialists of Texas Content Managers RSS feed. . Copyright 2010 Liver Specialists of Texas Tendenci Software by Schipul - The Web Marketing Company en-us noemail@texasliver.com Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:11:08 GMT Content Managers http://www.texasliver.com/en/cms/162/ What is viral hepatitis? Viral hepatitis is an inflammation of the liver caused by one of several viruses: hepatitis A, B, C (formerly known as non-A, non-B), D, E and G. Things other than viruses can also cause hepatitis or inflammation of the liver. One such non-viral cause is autoimmune hepatitis. What is autoimmune chronic active hepatitis? The body’s own immune system, for unknown reasons, attacks the liver cells often leading to chronic active hepatitis and cirrhosis. Some patients require treatment with corticosteroids, which suppress the overactive immune response. This disease is not infectious although it is called hepatitis. It is most common in young white women, but can be found in all age groups, as well as men. Hepatitis A (HAV) Eating food or drinking water that has been contaminated with human waste - called the fecal-oral route of infection- transmits Hepatitis A. Infections with the hepatitis A virus are always acute (except in rare instances) - patients... http://www.texasliver.com/en/cms/162/ Fri, 16 Nov 2007 21:53:08 GMT