Investioation of Chronic Tendency of Pentahepatitis (Hepatitis-E)
Objective To underatand that pentahepatitis have chronic tendency or havent and degree of it.Methods To vestigate the 106 cases of patients witln pentahepatitis that happened in some village of south of Xing Jiang Province of china in august 1985 to february 1988 on clinical present symptoms and review and detection of laboratory and examination of ultrasonic B.Results The 48cases (45.28%) of 106 cases of patients with pentahepatitis appear repeatedly symptoms from peptic system on different degree.The 36 cases of them appear apparent tenderness under right rib and spider angioma and sign of phlcbcuryxnla of abdominal wall.Their detection of label of serum immunity are,One case is positive HEV IgG(0.94%). and 55 cases are positive HEVIgG (51.89%).and 5 cases are positive Hbsag(4.72%).Glutamic-pyrumic! transaminase of 14 cases are to rise sligntly (13.21%).Proportion of A/G of / 41cases are to change(38.68%).36 cases have Image-change of ultrasonic B of liver and gallbladder (33.96%). 41 cases accord with diagnostic standard of chronic hepatitis.Conclusion Anti-HEVIgG of the patients after pentahepatitis are positive constantly to make up 51.89 per cent of the total patients. At least it may maintain for eighteen years and some may exist througn one's life. It have considerable significance on epidemiology. 38.68 per cent patients with posititve Anti-HEVlgG may become patients with chronic hepatitis. The great part of them becorne chronic delayed hepatitis but dont discover the patients with hepatocirrhosis among them.