Autoimmune hepatitis

Your body's immune system protects you from disease and infection. But if you have an autoimmune disease, your immune system attacks healthy cells in your body by mistake. Autoimmune diseases can affect many parts of the body.No one is sure what causes autoimmune diseases. They do tend to run in families. Women - particularly African-American, Hispanic-American, and Native-American women - have a higher risk for some autoimmune diseases.There are more than 80 types of autoimmune diseases, and some have similar symptoms. This makes it hard for your health care provider to know if you really have one of these diseases, and if so, which one. Getting a diagnosis can be frustrating and stressful. Often, the first symptoms are fatigue, muscle aches and a low fever. The classic sign of an autoimmune disease is inflammation, which can cause redness, heat, pain and swelling.The diseases may also have flare-ups, when they get worse, and remissions, when symptoms get better or disappear. Treatment depends on the disease, but in most cases one important goal is to reduce inflammation. Sometimes doctors prescribe corticosteroids or other drugs that reduce your immune response.

Disease Alternative Name

autoimmune diseases

autoinflammatory disorders

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A clinical case of Autoimmune Hepatitis

Dr. Ashutosh is sharing a clinical case of Autoimmune Hepatitis diagnosed & managed with great expertise by him. Shar...See More

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Dr. Ashish Nair

Dr Ashish Nair MBBS MD IDCCM FIRA CICCM "a doctor by profession here to cure pain and spread smiles"

New admission I- 27/M S-Acute liver failure Autoimmune hepatitis ?drug induced liver injury B- No known co morbidities Admitted with c/o - Genralised weakness Reduced oral intake Abd distention since 4 -5 days H/o vomiting ...See More

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Dr. P.kishore Kumar

Dermatology

51-year-old female with a past medical history of autoimmune hepatitis and mixed connective tissue disease, presents wit...See More

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Dr. Puneet Mahajan

Internal Medicine

Autoimmune Hepatitis or DILI

30 yr Female pt G2A1P0 Pog 4th week In Jan 2019 she was diagnosed to have genital tuberculosis,too rx for 9 months Jan19-Sept19.LFT WNL att he start of ATT,AKT 4. Had changed to AKT 3,during the therapy. LFT FEB 21 SGOT 260 SGPT 180 No deta...See More

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Dr. Puneet Mahajan

Internal Medicine

Chronic DILI or Autoimmune Hepatitis

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Dr. Satyabrata Panigrahi

Asst.Prof.(Speech & Hearing) & EH Physician, Mob:7042576864

CONNECTION BETWEEN HEPATITIS AND SPEECH,HEARING PROBLEMS

Hi Everyone.Today we observed World Hepatitis day and the theme was "Hepatitis cann't wait".This theme was kept because our focus is now more on this pandemic and we may ignore hepatitis but it is taking life in a much greater speed than ex...See More

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Dr. Ashutosh Chandan Dubey

Dr Strange

Suspected case of Autoimmune hepatitis. Chief Complaints A 42 yr old female attended Mopd with diffuse Pain abdomen,N...See More

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Dr. Pooja Shah

Otolaryngology (ENT)

Ulceration over tongue since last 10 days Chief Complaints Burning sensation while taking spicy food History K/ c ...See More

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Dr. Ajeet Pal Singh

MBBS, MD, PGDFM (CMC,Vellore)

In continuation of severe jaundice case attached below Firstly, she decided to get a repeat USG which revealed nothing ...See More

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Sagar Verma

MBBS Student

Why Autoimmune Hepatitis has waxing and wanting type of Jaundice?

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Dr. Rajeev Gupta

four years male present with anasarca bilateral pitting oedema fluid thrill and shifting dullness positive umbilicus eve...See More

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Dr. Raj Pandey Mishra

Family Medicine

A 48-year-old woman complains of pruritis, steatorrhoea and bruising. On examination, she is jaundiced, pigmented with spider naevi and hepatosplenomegaly. What is the most likely underlying diagnosis? 1) autoimmune hepatitis 2) primary b...See More

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