Hepatitis
Inflammation of the liver - most often from a virus (A, B, C, E or delta), but also from medicines, autoimmune disease or chronic alcohol use.
What is happening
Symptoms can include jaundice, fatigue, loss of appetite, nausea, low-grade fever, pale stools, dark urine and itching. Hepatitis B and C in particular can persist quietly for years and lead to cirrhosis and liver cancer - which is exactly why they are worth testing for and treating.
What helps
- Get tested if you have ever had a transfusion, surgery or a tattoo with unclear sterilisation
- Hepatitis B is vaccine-preventable - for you and your family
- Most hepatitis C is now curable with a course of tablets
See a doctor promptly if you have
- Deepening jaundice
- Persistent vomiting
- Confusion or extreme drowsiness
How we investigate it
Almost always the answer comes from a careful history first, and only then a targeted test — not a panel of everything. Depending on what we find, that may be an endoscopy, a colonoscopy, a Fibroscan or a breath test. We will tell you why a test is being suggested, and what we would do differently depending on the result.
Speak to a gastroenterologist about hepatitis
Consultations at all four centres — Vastrapur, Bopal, Bapunagar and Nikol.