Hepatitis virus related rheumatism

Hepatitis virus-related rheumatism refers to chronic active hepatitis caused by the hepatitis virus, also known as chronic progressive hepatitis. It is a systemic inflammatory disease caused mainly by liver damage caused by immune mechanisms. It is characterized by: ① typical histological changes of liver disease; ② besides liver disease, there are multiple systemic damage characteristics; ③ there are various immunological abnormalities. Among the currently known hepatitis A, B, C, D, E, and G6 virus infections, the first five types can be associated with chronic extrahepatic tissue and organ damage, but type B (HBV) is the most prominent, and type C (HBV) HCV), D type (HDV), A type (HAV), and E type (HEV) followed in order. Hepatitis G virus has not been successfully isolated in China, and no cases have been reported. Saint et al. (1953) first discovered a progressive prognosis with a poor prognosis, taking infectious hepatitis as an early manifestation, and named it chronic active hepatitis. Joske (1955) emphasized that the development of viral hepatitis is related to the lupus cell phenomenon, and proposed that this chronic progressive liver disease should be named after lupus-like hepatitis, but it is now fully certain that this liver disease is completely different from systemic lupus erythematosus liver disease. Saint et al. (1953) first discovered a progressive prognosis with a poor prognosis, taking infectious hepatitis as an early manifestation, and named it chronic active hepatitis. Joske (1955) emphasized that the development of viral hepatitis is related to the lupus cell phenomenon, and proposed that this chronic progressive liver disease should be named after lupus-like hepatitis, but it is now fully certain that this liver disease is completely different from systemic lupus erythematosus liver disease.

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