Health ecology: factors of spread and consequences of viral hepatitis manifestation

The features of viral hepatitis B (HB) and C (HC) in the initial making of these diagnoses in three age groups of men and women (25-30, 31-55 years old for women and 31-60 years old for men, over 55 for women and 60 years old for men) were studied. High levels of bilirubin in the blood serum in all groups indicated damage of the functions of hepatocytes, especially in men with hepatitis B, in women with hepatitis C. The high ALT activity indicated an increase in cytolytic processes in liver hepatocytes in all groups with viral HB and HC, especially in men of the younger group, in women of the younger and middle-aged groups. The high concentration of AST indicated early stages of HC infection in all age groups, especially in the younger group of men with liver, heart, kidney and muscle damage. A positive thymol test in all groups of men and women with HB and HC indicated a shift in the protein balance along the path of pathologically enhanced synthesis of γ-globulins in hepatocytes and the removal of albumins from the body. The concentration of β-lipoproteins in the blood serum only in men of the younger group with hepatitis C corresponded to the norm, in other groups with HB or HC this parameter exceeded it by an average of 1.5 times, noting a violation of lipid metabolism in hepatocytes of the liver.