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🌱 來自: HBV Clinical Presentation

Symptoms of HBV Clinical Presentation

• Patients with Hepatitis B (HBV) are usually asymptomatic. When symptomatic, common complaints include:
  • fatigue,
  • nausea,
  • anorexia,
  • myalgias,
  • arthralgias,
  • asthenia,
  • weight loss (except where ascites). Poor correlation between symptoms and disease stage or transaminase elevation.
• Note: For patients with cirrhosis, abrupt change in clinical symptoms or lab findings suggests spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP): tap ascites!
• Depends on stage of disease.
• Skin disorders: spider angiomas.
• Stigmata of cirrhosis:
  • ascites,
  • jaundice,
  • hepatomegaly,
  • splenomegaly,
  • peripheral edema,
  • hemorrhoids,
  • caput medusa.