ANALYSIS OF ACUTE VIRAL HEPATITIS IN CHILDREN IN PAKISTAN

Objectives of the study: The main objective of the study is to analyse the acute viral hepatitis in children among local population of Lahore. Material and methods: This cross sectional study was conducted in Nishtar Hospital, Multan during March 2019 to December 2019. The data was collected from both genders and the sample size is 100. The age range for this study was 6 months to 10 years. Detailed history was taken from all patients with special reference to duration of hepatitis, mode of infection, previous history of jaundice, HBV or HCV infection. Results: The data was collected from 100 patients. The mean age was 35.16 ± 24.8 months. The data suggest clearly that CD4 count decreases in abnormal liver function. The results shown the table 02 demonstrates the multiple comparison of ALT, AST and ALP level among different treatments and normal group. There were non-significant relationship present in diseased group treated with different therapies like interferon and glutathione as as p