What causes the hepatitis?

In fact, hepatitis is a relatively common disease, but many people do not know about hepatitis, so it will not know the disease. Health damage to the liver of hepatitis is very serious, can cause liver to normal work. We should understand some of the etiology of hepatitis knowledge, so that prevention will be more effective.
The main causes of hepatitis are:
1. viral infection: caused by a variety of hepatitis viruses. It has the characteristics of strong infectivity, complicated transmission route, wide epidemic range and high incidence.
2. alcohol abuse: alcohol can cause hepatitis. Mainly due to the direct toxicity of alcohol (ethanol) and its metabolite acetaldehyde to liver cells.
3. drugs or chemical poisons: many drugs and chemical poisons can cause liver damage, drug-induced hepatitis or toxic hepatitis. Such as bisatin, methyldopa, tetracycline and arsenic and mercury, carbon tetrachloride.
4. other: many systemic infectious diseases can invade the liver, such as EB virus, bacterial infectious diseases such as typhoid, can cause elevation of serum transaminase or other abnormal liver function.
The above article and we introduced some of the etiology of hepatitis data, I believe that we can see more clearly what causes hepatitis. Hepatitis is not a small disease, if the body what discomfort, must be timely to do some inspection, so that their health will be guaranteed. Also, you can know more about the symptoms of hepatitis.