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

• JAUNDICE
• GILBERTS DISEASE

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