Autoimmune Hepatitis: Symptoms, causes and treatment

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Autoimmune Hepatitis
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Autoimmune Hepatitis

• Autoimmune hepatitis or autoimmune chronic
  hepatitis is a condition in which the body
  suffers from continuous liver inflammation. In
  autoimmune hepatitis, the bodys immune system
  attacks the healthy living liver cells, which
  triggers the inflammation. Most doctors think
  that this condition is genetic, and autoimmune
  hepatitis is mostly found in women. There are two
  types of autoimmune hepatitis Type 1 and Type 2,
  of which Type 1 is most common. Autoimmune
  hepatitis can result in cirrhosis (scarring) of
  the liver and (ultimately) liver failure. It can
  start at any age, but most of the time it first
  sets in during the young adulthood. 

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Causes of Autoimmune Hepatitis

• Medical science is still not sure what causes
  autoimmune hepatitis. Why does the immune system
  of the body start attacking the liver cells are
  something that doctors are still unable to
  discover. Some medical reports have made their
  own observations which state that some White
  Blood Cells in addition to destroying harmful
  toxins from the body mistakenly take healthy
  liver cells as unhealthy cells and start
  attacking them. Various other factors which are
  considered as potential causes are hepatitis B
  and C, intake of certain kinds of medications and
  drugs, and high amounts of metals, such as copper
  and lead, found in the liver. Some doctors even
  say that extensive alcohol consumption
  and cigarette smoking can be responsible for
  autoimmune hepatitis. 

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Symptoms

• Autoimmune hepatitis  is very hard to recognize
  or even suspect because of the fact that the
  disease can have a sudden onset after it was
  asleep for a long period of time or its
  symptoms can gradually worsen over long periods
  of time. Very often, people have almost no
  symptoms in the early stages of the disease. The
  most common symptoms are 
• Joint pain
• Itching
• Yellowing of the skin and the whites of the eyes
• Nausea and vomiting
• Fatigue
• Abdominal pain

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Treatments

• The best way to get treated from this deadly
  disease is to start your treatment early. With
  proper diagnosis, autoimmune hepatitis can be
  controlled, and in some cases the medications
  have controlled the disease to an extent.
  Medications which are given are immune-suppression
  drugs which calm down an over-active immune
  system. Type 1 autoimmune hepatitis can be
  treated, but patients suffering from Type 2 face
  a hard time, as Type 2 doesn't respond well to
  medication. In most cases, the symptoms disappear
  after some months of starting the treatment but
  its necessary to be in touch with your doctor on
  a regular basis.

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Treatments
Continue

• After sometime people can stop the treatment but
  there are chances that the disease may reappear
  which is why continuous lab tests and blood
  tests should be done. Treatment will differ from
  patient to patient. The main goal of the
  treatment is to control or cure the disease. Not
  all patients will respond well to medications,
  those who dont improve are certainly on the
  advanced stage and such patients are unlikely to
  respond to any medical treatments. In such cases
  a liver transplant is the best option.Autoimmune
  hepatitis is a mysterious disease because of the
  lack of knowledge in conventional medicine on the
  causes of the disease.

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