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How your doctor will treat and manage liver inflammation?
Treatment aims to improve quality of life and prevent complications. The treatment varies according to the type and cause of hepatitis. You can treat some types of hepatitis with only general methods as the rest.
- You should take a rest until you become free biochemically and clinically.
- Low-fat and free protein diet and avoid alcohol
- Multi-vitamins supplements
- Symptomatic treatment, such as (anti-emetics for nausea and vomiting) and (cholestyramine for itching)
- Treatment of complications
- Chronic persistent hepatitis doesn’t require medical treatment, just reassurance and follows up every six months
- Treatment of chronic active hepatitis by the following:
- Interferon (alpha interferon and Peg interferon) to treat compensated liver disease
- Antiviral agents as ribavirin and lamivudine
- The recent treatment of hepatitis C virus includes:
- Combination of sofosbuvir and velpatasvir in a single tablet
- Combination of sofosbuvir and ledipasvir in a single tablet
- Continued surveillance for hepatocellular carcinoma in case of advanced fibrosis and cirrhosis
- Treatment of autoimmune hepatitis by prednisolone
- Treatment of liver cirrhosis manifestations, such as ascites and varices
- Liver transplantation in late conditions
