Nowadays, even the youth is at risk of serious liver diseases. Today we will talk about how infection in the liver increases due to hepatitis. Inflammation starts in the liver due to hepatitis. After some time, liver failure can occur. This can also be due to many other autoimmune diseases.
For your information, let us tell you that there are 4 types of hepatitis. Every type of hepatitis is quite different from each other. Some cases of hepatitis are very serious. Due to that disease, the risk of liver damage, liver failure, cirrhosis, liver cancer or death increases. According to the ‘World Health Organization’, 354 million (35.4 crore) people around the world suffer from chronic hepatitis B and C.
According to the latest report of the World Health Organization (WHO) for 2024, viral hepatitis has become the second largest cause of deaths from infectious diseases worldwide. The number of deaths due to hepatitis increased from 1.1 million in 2019 to 1.3 million in 2022. 83 percent of these deaths were due to hepatitis B, while 17 percent were due to hepatitis C. Every day 3500 people are dying from hepatitis B and C infections worldwide.
After all, what is this disease called hepatitis
Any kind of injury or irritation in the liver is called inflammation and when this inflammation occurs in the liver, it is called hepatitis. Hepatitis can occur due to many reasons. One of these is virus. Hepatitis caused by virus can spread from one person to another. Hepatitis caused by some specific types of viruses can also spread through physical relations.
The liver is a very important organ in our body. It processes nutrients, cleans the blood and fights infection. When the liver becomes inflamed or damaged in some way, its function can be affected. Excessive consumption of alcohol, poisons, certain medicines and some diseases can also cause inflammation in the liver. But in most cases, hepatitis is caused by a virus.
Symptoms of hepatitis:
Common symptoms of hepatitis in case of long-term illness include fatigue, swelling, pain, inflammation, weight loss, dark colour of toilet, clay coloured stools, jaundice, weight loss, weakness and other conditions depending upon a person’s liver condition, individual health, age and immunity.
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