What is hepatitis A examination

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Hepatitis A is a relatively common disease, and now many people suffer from hepatitis A. for hepatitis A patients, they know that hepatitis A is infectious. My aunt has suffered from hepatitis A for a long time. Do you want to know something about hepatitis A examination? Today I will share this with you.

What is hepatitis A examination

First of all: there are many items for hepatitis A patients to check, so they should go to the regular hospital as soon as possible. Hepatitis A is generally caused by this disease. Hav enters the body through the mouth, enters the blood flow through the intestines, and causes viremia. About a week later, it reaches the liver, and then it is discharged into the intestines through bile and appears in feces.

Secondly, the main organs invaded by hav are liver, pharynx and tonsil may be the sites of HAV extrahepatic reproduction. The mechanism of HAV induced hepatocyte damage is not clear. It is generally believed that hav does not directly cause hepatocyte damage.

Finally: the serum ALT began to increase in the early stage of jaundice, and the serum bilirubin increased in the late stage of jaundice. The peak of serum ALT is before the peak of serum bilirubin, and generally returns to normal one to several weeks after jaundice subsides.

matters needing attention

For patients with hepatitis A, they should quit smoking and drinking as soon as possible in daily life, use less disposable food, protein metabolism function test, thymol turbidity test, serum hyaluronic acid test are increased. The decrease of serum albumin and the increase of globulin mostly reflect the indicators of chronic active hepatitis and cirrhosis.