This is a disease in which a number of liver cells are destroyed by the patient's own immune system. Autoimmune hepatitis can also sometimes occur as acute hepatitis. The cause is unknown. A person can develop hepatitis if he or she contracts one of the viruses which can cause liver inflammation, or as a result of exposure to substances which can cause hepatitis - alcohol, fungal toxins, and medicines. Fortunately, the latter type of hepatitis is rare.
Some patients have no symptoms at all, and in most cases, children only show mild symptoms.
It is a sign that the disease has become serious. Patients with jaundice or other symptoms of hepatitis. People who are very likely to have contracted the hepatitis B or the hepatitis C virus. People who are at increased risk due to a hereditary type of hepatitis in their families. By avoiding exposure to the infectious hepatitis viruses.