An overview of Hepatitis
Hepatitis simply means inflammation of the liver(hati). The liver is the largest gland in our body and does multiple essential functions to keep the body healthy. One of the main functions of the liver is to detoxify waste metabolics from our body and thus preventing accumulation of urea.
Apart from that, it also functions to produce important proteins such as albumin, clotting factors and hemoglobin. In the digestive system , liver helps to produce bilirubin which is very important for the emulsification process of lipids in the digestion.
Inflammation of liver or simply hepatitis can be caused by multiple factors. Generally, it can be categorized under infective and toxic causes which will be discussed further below.
Types of hepatitis
Infective causes
Viral hepatitis ...