Reactive hepatitis differs from normal hepatitis in that it develops against a background of any disease of the gastrointestinal tract, or another system. This type of liver damage leads to fine-focussed necrosis, but this type of hepatitis can be treated much better than the virus or toxic hepatitis.
Symptoms of reactive hepatitis
The most common cause of nonspecific reactive hepatitis are such diseases:
- pancreatitis;
- cholecystitis ;
- stomach ulcer and duodenal ulcer;
- oncological neoplasms;
- diabetes;
- thrombosis;
- cholesterol plaques;
- chronic gastritis.
Usually, such a hepatitis is asymptomatic, or characterized by signs characteristic of the disease that provoked it. Occasionally patients may also feel heaviness in the right hypochondrium and mild nausea. Yellowing of the sclera of the eyes and skin, as a rule, does not occur.
Treatment of reactive hepatitis
Chronic reactive hepatitis can not be defeated until its cause is neutralized. After the provocation disease recedes, the liver recovers fairly quickly. There are cases when special treatment of reactive hepatitis is not required at all. In severe situations, procedures for the purification of liver blood and hepatoprotector medications may be prescribed.
A significant role in the therapy of both gastrointestinal diseases that caused hepatitis and the most reactive hepatitis is given to the diet. The patient must completely abandon fatty, spicy and salty foods. It is inappropriate to eat smoked, fried and fried foods, chocolate, coffee, alcohol. The best option is a diet based on vegetables, fruits, cereals and dairy products. It is desirable to adhere to the rules of healthy eating and in the future - this will help to exclude the possibility of relapse.