Hepatitis causes

Causes

 * Acute hepatitis
 * Viral Hepatitis: Hepatitis A to E (more than 95% of viral cause), Herpes simplex, Cytomegalovirus, Epstein-Barr, yellow fever virus, adenoviruses.
 * Non viral infection: toxoplasma, Leptospira, Q fever, rocky mountain spotted fever
 * Alcohol
 * Toxins: Amanita toxin in mushrooms, carbon tetrachloride, asafetida
 * Drugs: Paracetamol, amoxycillin, antituberculosis medicines, minocycline and many others (see longer list below).
 * Ischemic hepatitis (circulatory insufficiency)
 * Pregnancy
 * Auto immune conditions, e.g. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)
 * Metabolic diseases, e.g. Wilson's disease


 * Chronic hepatitis
 * Viral hepatitis: Hepatitis B with or without hepatitis D, hepatitis C (Hepatitis A and E do not lead to chronic disease)
 * Autoimmune: Autoimmune hepatitis
 * Alcohol
 * Drugs: methyl-dopa, nitrofurantoin, isoniazide, ketoconazole
 * Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis
 * Heredity: Wilson's disease, alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency
 * Primary biliary cirrhosis and primary sclerosing cholangitis occasionally mimic chronic hepatitis