Is icteric hepatitis serious?

Icteric hepatitis may be severe.

Icteric hepatitis is an inflammatory injury to the liver caused by viral infection, alcohol injury, drug injury, etc., and may be accompanied by symptoms of yellow staining of the skin and mucosa. Most patients with acute icteric hepatitis can recover in about 3 months after active treatment, and are generally not serious. Some patients with icteric hepatitis caused by autoimmune factors may be more serious and need long-term treatment to control the disease. Patients with severe liver damage may evolve into cirrhosis and liver cancer, which are usually incurable and serious at this time.

If it is icteric hepatitis caused by hepatitis virus infection, it has certain infectivity. Patients should take appropriate isolation measures under the guidance of doctors.