ACCEPT:
- Donors who have had hepatitis before their 13th birthday, even if a definitive diagnosis was not made
PERMANTENTLY EXCLUDE:
- Donors who had hepatitis on or after their 13th birthday, where a definitive diagnosis was not made
SEE IF RELEVANT
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Non-viral causes of hepatitis include:
- Toxic hepatitis e.g. due to chemicals, medication (prescription and over the counter), nutritional supplements, foods such as poisonous mushrooms
- Alcoholic hepatitis
- Auto-immune hepatitis
- Metabolic hepatitis e.g. due to excess iron (haemochromatosis), fat (steatosis) or copper
- (Wilson’s Disease)
- Bacterial hepatitis e.g. typhoid fever, Weil’s disease
- Parasitic hepatitis e.g. due to hepatic amoebiasis
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