A 24-year-old woman undergoing a premarital screening test is found to have elevated levels of AST, ALT, and IgG, but no antibod
y-specific markers for viral hepatitis. A liver biopsy reveals inflammation and cellular damage. Which treatment is most likely to be effective for her?
Immunosuppressant drugs are given to the patient to make their immune system less active. These drugs are mainly given during any transplant surgery.
The woman's condition of hepatitis is mainly responsible due to the autoimmune disorder instead of a virus. Ribavurin, lamivudine are the anti-viral agents, The hepatitis caused by auto immune causes inflammatory disease in the liver. People with these type of disorders might require long time immunosuppressant drugs and corticosteroid.
Thus, the answer is corticosteroids and immunosuppressant drugs.
