Dr. Esteban Kosak 
The liver is an organ that greatly influences all body functions.
Hepatitis is a term referring only to liver inflammation. This situation could exist due to several causes, like infections and non-infectious. Importantly, the latter is greatly influenced by lifestyle habits.
So, let us jump in the first one.
From liver infections, viral microorganisms are a leading cause in the United States. This disease’s name is viral hepatitis. And, three viruses cause most of the infections, such as Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, and Hepatitis C viruses. Besides, the two latter can become chronic and yield awful complications, as can be a liver failure or liver cancer.
Furthermore, there are other possible causes of viral hepatitis, although rarer. The list will include viruses like Epstein-Barr virus, or herpes simplex virus. The other sources of infection comprise all the different types of microorganisms, such as bacteria, fungi, and parasites. They are not as common, but also a possibility.
Now, lifestyle habits affecting the liver and other diseases.
These causes are several, and it includes alcohol, drugs, metabolic diseases, or immune system dysregulations (also known as autoimmune diseases). The most common are the ones, which, luckily, are subject to modification if it has an early diagnosis, like metabolic conditions.
Moreover, excessive alcohol consumption is a global problem. And, more specifically, the problem is that the liver is the site where its metabolism takes place. Therefore, heavy drinking produces liver injuries.
Similarly, obesity is another widespread worldwide problem. It is worthy of remembering that obesity and, more specifically, abdominal obesity has a link to many metabolic disorders. This factor, plus many others, are in relationship to non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, which is the most common cause of elevated liver enzymes. Hence, of hepatitis.
Importantly, it would be great to talk now about the importance of hepatitis.
Hepatitis is the first step of a long stairway that leads to complications as liver insufficiency or cancer. Or, in other words, to death. Therefore, it is mandatory to diagnose any liver injury early for preventing such outcomes.
Whenever the liver receives an injury of whatever type, it has typical symptoms that are characteristic of the liver. Besides, each particular harmful entity could display other signs or symptoms that grabs the doctor’s attention and raise the suspicion on a specific illness affecting the liver.
This tool is a hepatitis symptoms checker. It gathers the most important risk factors, signs, and symptoms to determine the probability of someone having hepatitis. Luckily, it will aid in the prevention of this condition. It is free, and it would only take a few minutes.
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Do you are over 60 years?
- Yes
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Do you have obesity? (please search in google the “BMI formula,” and with your weight and height it will calculate you that diagnosis)
- Yes
- No
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Do you have been diagnosed with diabetes?
- Yes
- No
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Do you have been diagnosed with high cholesterol or triglycerides?
- Yes
- No
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For females, Do you have been diagnosed with polycystic ovarian syndrome?
- Yes
- No
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Do you consume 4 or 5 alcoholic beverages daily?
- Yes
- No
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When you are drinking alcoholic beverages, do you tend to consume 4 or 5 drinks in less than three hours?
- Yes
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Do you currently are using or used injected drugs?
- Yes
- No
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Do you have multiple sex partners? (more than two in a year).
- Yes
- No
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Do you have recently traveled abroad? (seven days)
- Yes
- No
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Do you have a decreased appetite?
- Yes
- No
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Do you have nausea or vomiting?
- Yes
- No
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Do you feel fatigue?
- Yes
- No
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Do you have generalized joint pain?
- Yes
- No
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Do you feel itching in some parts of your body?
- Yes
- No
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Do you have dark urine?
- Yes
- No
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Do you have pale-colored stools?
- Yes
- No
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Does the white color of your eyes have changed towards yellow?
- Yes
- No
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Do you feel pain in the upper and right portion of your abdomen?
- Yes
- No
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Do you have a fever? (preferably use a thermometer which needs to shows more than 101,3 °F or touch your forehead and determine if the temperature is increased)
- Yes
- No
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