Ankara Med J. 2023; 23(4): 468-477 | DOI: 10.5505/amj.2023.73483

Viral hepatitis B and C and neurological impairment

Tatyana Vasiliyevna Polukchi¹, Yelena Alekseevna Slavko^2
1Department of Infectious Diseases and Dermatovenerology, South Kazakhstan Medical Academy, Shymkent, Republic of Kazakhstan
²Department of Gastroenterology, Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University, Almaty, Republic of Kazakhstan

Viral Hepatitis B and C are characterized as systemic diseases with a wide range of extrahepatic manifestations caused by various immunological disorders. Neurological disorders are among the most important extrahepatic manifestations, which can serve as indicators of the presence of viruses and play a major role in the clinical picture of the disease. This review article describes the most frequently manifested neurological disorders detected in patients with chronic viral hepatitis, particularly Hepatitis B and C.

Keywords: Viral hepatitis, Guillain-Barré syndrome, Parkinson's Disease, peripheral neuropathy, cognitive impairment, stroke.

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