Hepatitis is a viral inflammatory disease of the liver. Viral hepatitis B and C are dangerous infections characterized mainly by a chronic course and bright external manifestations in the form of jaundice. These viruses are the most common cause of cirrhosis and liver cancer (96% of all deaths are related to viral hepatitis B and C).

The incubation period of this disease is quite long and often has a hidden course, so the first symptoms may not appear immediately. General symptoms of hepatitis of all types: weakness and rapid fatigue, irritability or apathy, disorders from the gastrointestinal tract - nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain and diarrhoea, darkening of urine, discolouration of faeces, yellowing of the skin, mucous membranes and sclera, and elevated body temperature.

Do not forget that the course of the disease may differ depending on the type of virus.