Answer to Question #40511 in Biology for fareed

Question

A patient presents with jaundice. He is known to be an intravenous drug use (IVDU) with no past history of hepatitis. The blood results show:

Bilirubin 20 µmol/l
ALT 65 U/l
ALK Phosphate 122 U/l
INR 2.1
Hepatitis B surface Ag Positive (+)



A. What can we conclude from above data?



B. What kind of risk factors are important in this case?

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C. What could be the consequences of this problem?

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