Is acute icteric hepatitis contagious in the later stages?

Is acute icteric hepatitis contagious in the later stages?

Acute icteric hepatitis is an acute viral hepatitis, with clinical manifestations of acuteness, loss of appetite, aversion to oil, fatigue, upper abdominal discomfort, liver pain, nausea, vomiting, and some patients are afraid of cold and have fever, and then the urine color becomes darker, and the sclera, skin, etc. are jaundiced. Since acute icteric hepatitis is acute, it should be treated as soon as possible to prevent the chronic trend of hepatitis.

The hazards of acute icteric hepatitis:

1. First, liver damage: As the hepatitis virus invades the liver and continuously replicates in liver cells, under the action of the body's immune response, a series of changes such as liver cell damage, liver cell edema, liver tissue inflammatory invasion, congestion, edema, liver cell degeneration and necrosis occur. This affects the normal state and structure of liver tissue and damages various liver metabolic functions.

2 Complications that may be caused: The outcome of this disease is related to the nature, constitution, treatment, and nursing of jaundice. If the patient with Yang jaundice has a poor constitution, is seriously ill, and the jaundice deepens, the rapid appearance of heat and toxic inflammation can turn into acute jaundice; Yang jaundice may also be caused by damage to spleen yang, and dampness turns from cold to Yin jaundice; Yin jaundice can also turn into Yang jaundice if it is severely affected by dampness and heat evil; if it is acute jaundice, if it is heat and toxic, it will fall into the pericardium or bleed profusely, and liver and kidney yang qi failure may occur; Yin jaundice that is not cured for a long time can turn into accumulation and swelling.

Acute icteric hepatitis infection:

Viral acute icteric hepatitis is contagious during the onset period, and the routes of infection generally include menstrual blood, digestion, sexual contact, mother-to-child, etc. Hepatitis A and hepatitis E are gastrointestinal diseases that are transmitted through fecal-oral transmission.

Hepatitis B vaccination can effectively prevent infection with the hepatitis B virus. This type of hepatitis is easy to prevent but difficult to cure. Acute icteric hepatitis also needs to be determined based on the condition to determine whether it is contagious.