What is Hepatitis | Hi9 | Dr.K.S.Soma Sekhar Rao | Medical Gastroenterologist & Hepatologist | Apollo Hospital - Hepatitis means inflammation that means swelling of each and every cell of your liver, Hepatitis is caused by most commonly alcohol but other than alcohol there are multiple causes for Hepatitis called Hepatitis viruses, which are infective this can be cause either by Hepatitis-A or Hepatitis-B or Hepatitis-C or Hepatitis-E.