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Knowing Hepatitis | Kind of Hepatitis
Knowing Hepatitis : What is Hepatitis
The term “hepatitis” is used for all types of inflammation of the liver (liver). Causes can be various kinds, ranging from viruses to medicines, including traditional medicine. Hepatitis viruses also have some type, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, C, D, E, F and G. Manifestations of disease can be acute viral hepatitis (hepatitis A) can also be chronic hepatitis (hepatitis B, C) and those that later become cancerous liver (hepatitis B and C).
Hepatitis A
Often the infection of hepatitis A in children does not cause symptoms, whereas in adults causes flu-like symptoms, fatigue, fever, diarrhea, nausea, stomach pain, yellow eyes and loss of appetite. The symptoms disappeared completely after 6-12 weeks. People infected with hepatitis A will be immune to the disease. Unlike hepatitis B and C, infection with hepatitis A does not lead to chronic hepatitis.
Incubation period of 30 hari.Spread through food or fecal contaminated liquor patients, such as eating fruits and vegetables are not cooked or eat undercooked shellfish. Drink with ice cubes that the process is contaminated.
Now there are vaccines for hepatitis A, provides immunity for four weeks after the first injection, for a long immunity required an injection of the vaccine several times. Narcotic addicts and anal sex, including homosexual is a high-risk of contracting hepatitis A.
Hepatitis B
Symptoms similar to hepatitis A, flu-like, ie loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, fatigue, yellow eyes and vomiting, and fever. Transmission can be through a needle or contaminated knife, blood transfusions and human bites.
Treatment with interferon alfa-2b and lamivudine, as well as immunoglobulins containing antibodies against hepatitis-B are given 14 days after exposure.
Hepatitis B vaccine is safe and effective has been available since a few years ago. What is the risk of contracting hepatitis B is the drug addicts, people who have many sex partners.
About hepatitis C will be discussed on other occasions.
Hepatitis D
Hepatitis D Virus (HDV) or delta virus is a unique virus, which is incomplete and to require the presence of virus replication of hepatitis B. Transmission through sexual contact, needles and blood transfusions. Symptoms of hepatitis D varies, it can appear as mild symptoms (co-infection), or very progressive.
Hepatitis E
Symptoms similar to hepatitis A, stiff fever rheumatic pain, fatigue, loss of appetite and abdominal pain. A disease that will heal itself (self-limited), except when occur in pregnancy, particularly third trimester, can be deadly. Transmission through fecal-contaminated water.
Hepatitis F
There is little new cases reported. Currently experts have not agreed hepatitis F Hepatitis is a disease that separate.
Hepatitis G
Symptoms similar to hepatitis C, often in conjunction with hepatitis B infection and / or C. No cause fulminant hepatitis or chronic hepatitis. Transmission through blood transfusion needle. We hope this knowledge can be useful for you and you can proceed to a relative or friend.
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