Viral Hepatitis

The Zero to Finals Medical Revision Podcast

Thomas Watchman

Life Sciences, Education, Medical Finals, Medicine, Surgery, Health & Fitness, Paediatrics, Medical Student, Medical Education, Medical Exams, Medical School, Medical Revision, Science, Learn Medicine, Finals Revision, Obstetrics And Gynaecology

4.8 • 678 Ratings

🗓️ 17 May 2023

⏱️ 15 minutes

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This episode covers viral hepatitis. Written notes can be found at https://zerotofinals.com/medicine/gastroenterology/viralhepatitis/ or in the gastroenterology section of the 2nd edition of the Zero to Finals medicine book. The audio in the episode was expertly edited by Harry Watchman.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the zero to finals podcast. My name is Tom and in this episode I'm going to
0:08.9	be talking to you about viral hepatitis. And you can find written notes on this topic at
0:14.5	zero to finals.com slash viral hepatitis or in the gastroenterology section of the second edition of the medicine book.
0:24.6	So let's get straight into it.
0:27.4	Hepatitis refers to inflammation in the liver.
0:31.3	There are five types of viral hepatitis, and we're going to go through each one in more detail.
0:37.1	But let's start with a summary.
0:39.7	Hepatitis A is an RNA virus.
0:43.3	The transmission is fecal-oral.
0:46.5	There is a vaccine for hepatitis A and the treatment is supportive.
0:52.4	Hepatitis B is a DNA virus. It's spread through blood and bodily fluids. There is a
0:59.8	vaccine and the treatment is supportive or with antivirals. Hepatitis C is an RNA virus. It's spread
1:09.9	through blood. There isn't a vaccine, and it's treated successfully
1:14.6	with direct acting antivirals. Hepatitis D is an RNA virus. It can only survive in the presence
1:24.0	of hepatitis B, there isn't a vaccine, and it can be treated with pegillated
1:29.8	interferon alpha, and hepatitis E is an RNA virus, it's spread through the fecal-oral root,
1:38.2	there isn't a vaccine, and treatment is supportive. All viral hepatitis infections are notifiable diseases.
1:48.7	The UK Health Security Agency needs to be notified of all cases.
1:54.6	Let's talk about the other causes of hepatitis.
1:58.1	Other than viral hepatitis,
2:00.4	the other causes of hepatitis include alcoholic hepatitis. Other than viral hepatitis, the other causes of hepatitis include alcoholic
2:03.6	hepatitis, non-alcoholic steto hepatitis, or Nash, which is caused by non-alcoholic fatty liver
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