Signs Of Hepatitis? How Yellow Must The Eyes Be?

Posted on Fri, 6 Jul 2012

Question: i been wanting to know the signs of hepatitis i know they say yellow of eyes but how yellow does the eyes have to be

Answered by Dr. Pavan Kumar Gupta (2 hours later)

Hello and thanks for the query.
Hepatitis is inflammation of liver and is caused by various reasons like
Infective causes like viral hepatitis
Non infective causes like alcohol,some medicines,auto immune diseases etc.

Some people may have no sign of hepatitis,however most common early signs are
Headache,tiredness,mild fever,loss of appetite,nausea,vomiting etc
Late signs of hepatitis,when person has been infected for some time,are
Dark colored urine and pale bowel movements
Pain in abdomen
Yellowing of skin and eyes
Itching etc
I hope to have answered your query however,you can revert to me for any further query.
Thanks and best of luck

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