1. Human bathers, too, risk viral hepatitis, skin reactions and oral thrush. 2. These conditions include pulmonary tuberculosis, viral hepatitis, streptococcal Septicaemia and various other diseases. 3. We report on patients with chronic viral hepatitis who died of hepatic Decompensation during or shortly after interferon alfa treatment. 4. Fulminant hepatic failure has a very high mortality, especially when caused by acute viral hepatitis, which is the most common cause of this syndrome. 5. The aetiology of acute liver failure was viral hepatitis in all but one patients. 6. Previous studies from our unit, however, have shown that ascites may occur in patients with acute viral hepatitis in the absence of portal hypertension. 7. Similarly, there are mild disturbances only of acute phase reactants in chronic viral hepatitis. 8. Hepatitis A is generally milder than other types of viral hepatitis. |