Treatment of viral hepatitis by an indigenous drug - Liv.52

Since World War II the diagnosis of infectious hepatitis in adults has been made from various parts of the globe with increasing frequency. The course of the disease varies in duration and severity. Being viral in origin its treatment is not laid down in specific terms but the same becomes imperative when it affects an appreciable percentage of the population in a country like India every year. Unlike western countries the disease as recorded in India is more often a prolonged affair with a likelihood of complications, including hepatic failure and post-hepatic cirrhosis, developing. As such, though most of the patients might usually get clinical cures with relief of symptoms the prevention of hepatic failure and assessment of residual hepatic cell damage must guide the clinician in his choice of therapy.