Your liver is the largest organ inside your body. It helps your body digest food, store energy, and remove poisons. Hepatitis is an inflammation of the liver. The progress to fibrosis (scanning), cirrhosis or liver cancer. Hepatitis viruses are the most common cause of hepatitis in the world but out infection, toxic substances (alcohol, certain drugs) and auto immune diseases can also cause hepatitis. There are 5 main hepatitis viruses, referred to as type A, B, C, D, and E. These 5 are of greatest concern because of the burden of illness and death they cause and potential of outbreaks and epidemic spread. Particularly, types B and C lead to chronic disease in hundreds of millions of people and together, are the most common care of liver cirrhosis
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They all cause liver disease, they are different in important ways. Hepatitis A virus (HAV) is present in the faces of infected persons and is most often transmitted through consumption of contaminated water or food. Certain sex practices can also spread HAV. Infections are in many mild, with most people making full recovery and remaining immune from further infections can also be serve and life threatening. Most people in areas of the world with poor sanitation have been infected with this virus. Safe and effective vaccines are available to prevent HAV. Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is transmitted through exposure of infective blood, semen, and other body fluids. HBV can be transmitted from infected mothers to infants at the time of birth or family member to infant in early childhood. Transmission may also occur through transfusions of HBV contaminated blood and blood products, oontasininated injections during medical procedures, and through injection drug use. HBV also poses a risk to healthcare workers also sustain accidental needle stick injuries while caring for injected HBV patients safe and effective vaccines are available to prevent …show more content…
This may happen through transfusion of HCV- contaminated blood and blood products, contaminated injections during medical procedures, and through injection drug use. Sexually transmission is also possible, but is much less common. There is no vaccine for HCV. Hepatitis D virus (HDV) infections occur only in those who are infected with HBV. The dual infection of HDV and HBV can result in a more serious disease and worse outcome. Hepatitis B provides protection from HDV infection. Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is mostly transmitted through consumption of contaminated water or food. HEV is a common cause of hepatitis out breaks in developing parts of the world and is increasingly recognized as an important cause of disease in developed countries. Safe and effective vaccines to prevent HEV infection have been developed but re not widely
They all cause liver disease, they are different in important ways. Hepatitis A virus (HAV) is present in the faces of infected persons and is most often transmitted through consumption of contaminated water or food. Certain sex practices can also spread HAV. Infections are in many mild, with most people making full recovery and remaining immune from further infections can also be serve and life threatening. Most people in areas of the world with poor sanitation have been infected with this virus. Safe and effective vaccines are available to prevent HAV. Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is transmitted through exposure of infective blood, semen, and other body fluids. HBV can be transmitted from infected mothers to infants at the time of birth or family member to infant in early childhood. Transmission may also occur through transfusions of HBV contaminated blood and blood products, oontasininated injections during medical procedures, and through injection drug use. HBV also poses a risk to healthcare workers also sustain accidental needle stick injuries while caring for injected HBV patients safe and effective vaccines are available to prevent …show more content…
This may happen through transfusion of HCV- contaminated blood and blood products, contaminated injections during medical procedures, and through injection drug use. Sexually transmission is also possible, but is much less common. There is no vaccine for HCV. Hepatitis D virus (HDV) infections occur only in those who are infected with HBV. The dual infection of HDV and HBV can result in a more serious disease and worse outcome. Hepatitis B provides protection from HDV infection. Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is mostly transmitted through consumption of contaminated water or food. HEV is a common cause of hepatitis out breaks in developing parts of the world and is increasingly recognized as an important cause of disease in developed countries. Safe and effective vaccines to prevent HEV infection have been developed but re not widely