title: [Hepatitis A--new aspects of an old disease].
abstract: Since decades, hepatitis A has been a very rare disease in most industrialized countries. According to this, immune reactivity in the adult population is low and susceptibility for the infection is high. Thus, endemic cumlations of hepatitis A diseases are possible. The rate of complications in patients aged over 40 years has increased. Chronic courses in hepatitis A do not exist. There is no specific treatment against the virus. Management of hepatitis A is mainly supportive and symptomatic. There is no indication for steroids. Years ago, a liver diet was the basis of every treatment in every acute hepatitis. This should be refused because there is no reason for this measure.
authors.affiliation: II. Innere Abteilung, Krankenhaus Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Baumgarten
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006506:Hepatitis A / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology / Q000628:therapy; D006507:Hepatovirus / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000097:blood; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D007075:Immunoglobulin M
vernacular_title: Hepatitis A--Neues über eine alte Krankheit.