Measures of Preventing Hepatitis

Hepatitis is a viral disease that affects the liver and could cause serious damage to it and to the whole human organism if not treated well.

There exist hepatitis type A, B, C, D, E, non-A, and non-B, caused by A, B, C, D, E viruses.

Preventing hepatitis is better than treating it. There are some methods of prevention which you can easy apply: wash your hands every time before eating and after using the toilet; avoid unhealthy living places; when traveling to developing countries you should be very careful with what you are eating and drinking and make sure that the water you drink is not contaminated by sewage. When swimming in the pool, make sure there is good sanitation.

Teach your family members to keep a good hygiene, to practice safe sex or abstinence and to avoid needles.

Also, if one is contaminated wake sure you clean well with antiseptic cleansers the toilet.

There is a vaccine against hepatitis A and it is addressed to those who travel a lot, who work with infected persons, who change frequently their sex partners and to those who already have a liver disease.

There also exists a vaccine for Hepatitis B, but unfortunately there has not been discovered one for hepatitis C too.

The period of incubation for Hepatitis A virus lasts 2 to 6 weeks. Generally a patient who has developed this disease will recover well, without complications, and will not develop the chronic form of the disease. After recovering, the patient will not pass the virus to other persons too.

The period of incubation for Hepatitis B lasts 4 to 20 weeks, and also, 85% to 90%
Of the infected will recover well without any complications.10% to 15% can develop cirrhosis and chronic hepatitis.

For Hepatitis C the period of incubation is 2 to 26 weeks, and 75% to 85% do not recover well and develop chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis, even liver cancer. They can also spread the virus to other healthy persons.

Treating hepatitis A with drugs is not necessary because the disease goes away on its own.

There are some drugs useful in treating hepatitis B and C but some are not recommended to the children.

Generally, the treatment is done in hospital, but if you only have a mild form of the disease you can stay at home. Children especially, should eat smaller, more frequent meals and liquids that are rich in calories and proteins. Call the doctor if you see any of these following symptoms referring to a worsening of the liver condition: skin rash, confusion, and itching, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea.

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General Information on Hepatitis and Its Symptoms

Hepatitis may have evident symptoms or not, depending on the stadium of the disease and how much of the liver is affected. First symptoms are nausea, diarrhea, fever, loss of appetite, unexplained tiredness. In an advanced stadium when the liver can’t perform its functions jaundice occurs one of the most evident and characteristic sign of hepatitis. Bilirubin is usually processed by the liver, and is the last product of the disposal of old blood cells, this pigment is yellow and is found in the bile and then is expelled in the digestive tract. Bilirubin is the pigment that gives the brown color to the faeces. In hepatitis when the functions of the liver are perturbated bilirubin isn’t processed accordingly and is not eliminated, but enters in the blood.

Some is eliminated through kidneys and the rest is deposed in the skin and eyes that is why the persons with hepatitis have a pale face, with yellow coloured lines in the palms of the hands, their urine is also brown or tea coloured. If the liver is swollen, tenderness and pain under the low right rib edge appears. Because of mild manifestations the patient can mistake the disease for a flu, hepatitis symptoms may occur suddenly or gradually. The most frequent symptoms are: fever and fatigue, gastro intestinal symptoms may be: nausea and vomiting and even pain in the right quadrant of the abdomen. Children tend not to develop jaundice. Other symptoms are: irritability, itching, light colored stools, drowsiness, diarrhea and joint aches. If clinical test are done the liver and spleen may be observed as enlarged and anemia appears in most people.

Hepatitis B and C progress to chronic hepatitis with no special symptoms, chronic hepatitis C can be present 10 –30 years with no obvious symptoms, except fatigue and itching of the skin. As in other chronic diseases in chronic hepatitis, vitality, and mood affecting in a negative mood their quality of life. Cirrhosis or liver failure may develop before any symptoms appear.

In other cases pain occurs in small joints in the body for example in the hand and you may think you have carpal tunnel syndrome, rheumatoid arthritis, fibromyalgia. In chronic autoimmune hepatitis the symptoms are fever, weight loss, fatigue and jaundice. The accumulation of fluid in the legs and and abdomen causes swelling of the belly and legs.

In fulminant hepatitis symptoms are: ascites which is the swollen of the belly, hand flapping tremor that appears in two months time from the onset of acute hepatitis. Fulminant hepatitis is very severe, because its manifestations are sudden and imply a high risk: stupor, mintal confusion , coma caused by the encephalopathy with stomach and intestinal bleeding.

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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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