ongoing disease or illness – can follow an acute phase or occur without an acute phase

All right, folks, stay with me. we’re going to get a little technical and detailed here, starting with some vocabulary and definitions.
Hepatitis – inflammation of the liver

Acute – you’re visibly ill and showing symptoms

Chronic – long-term, ongoing disease or illness – can follow an acute phase or occur without an acute phase

Fulminant liver failure – very sudden onset with widespread damage to liver tissue – potentially fatal

Fibrosis – scarring of liver tissue caused by inflammation (hepatitis)
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