Introducing

Hepatitis is a terminology for all infection that happen to liver. It caused by various things, such as: virus, medicines, also traditional medicines. Its a several kind of hepatitis virus, Hepatitis A, hepatitis B, C, D, E , F and G. The disease hepatitis manifestation caused by virus can be acute (hepatitis A), also can be chronic (hepatitis B, C) and there is also can be liver cancer (hepatitis B and C).

Hepatitis A
Hepatitis A infection at children usually didn't make symptom, whereas at mature involve symptom like influenza, tired, fever, queasy, diarrhea, stomachache, yellow eye, disappearance appetite.The symptom will disappear beyond 6-12 weeks. Person who have been infected by hepatitis A will immune toward this disease. Differently with Hepatitis B & C, Hepatitis A infection did not continue to chronic hepatitis.
Incubate term is 30 days. Contagion through food or beverage that contaminate by patient's feces, such as eat uncooked fruits or vegetables, eat parboiled shell. Drink ice cube which contaminate process. Currently, there's been Hepatitis A's vaccine, inflict immune during 4 weeks after the first injection, for more time immune, several injection are desirable. Dope addict, anal sex, and pansy are high risk group infected hepatitis A.

Hepatitis B
Symptom similar with hepatitis A, like influenza, disappearance appetite, queasy, vomit, tired, yellow eye and fever. Contagion through contaminate hypodermic needle or knife, blood transfusion and human bite.
Cure with interferon alfa-2b and lamivudine, also imunoglobulin that contain Hepatitis B's antibody which allocable 14 days after shelf.
Hepatitis B's vaccine that secure and effective already available since various years ago. Dope addict and people with many sexual partners are high risk infected hepatitis B. About hepatitis C will be discuss for the next time.

Hepatitis D
Hepatitis D Virus (HDV) or delta virus is a unique virus, incomplete virus and need hepatitis B existence for replication. Contagion through intimacy, hypodermic needle and blood transfusion. The symptoms are various, that can be light symptom or very progressive.

Hepatitis E
Symptom similar with hepatitis A, dengue, tired, disappearance appetite and stomachache. The disease will recuperate it self (self-limited), except for pregnancy, especially third trimester, it can be deadly. Contagion through contaminate water by feces.

Hepatitis F
Still a few case about hepatitis F has been reported. At this time, experts didn't agreed yet if hepatitis F is a separately disease.

Hepatitis G
Symptom similar with hepatitis C, the infection often concurrently with hepatitis B and/or C. It isn't cause fulminan hepatitis nor chronic hepatitis. Contagion through blood transfusion, hypodermic needle. If only this information useful for you, you can spread this information to your family or your friend.

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