12.15.2010

What You Can Do to Reduce the Risk of Getting Hepatitis


Where is the liver?
The liver is in the upper right part of the stomach.
  What is its job?
The liver helps clean the blood and fight infection. It helps break down and store energy until the body needs it.
 What does hepatitis do?
Hepatitis kill the liver cells. Some kind of hepetitis are very dangerous. Because it can die the patient.
What are antibodies?
Antibodies are special proteins for the body's natural defences. 
 How is Hepatitis A spread? What are the symptoms if someone has hepatitis?
Hepatitis A spreads than water and food. The hepatitis A virus causes high body temperature, pain and weakness. The skin of patient may become yellow.
How can someone prevent and protect from getting Hepatitis?
The people must clean their hands and clean the fruit and vegatables very clearly.
Hepatitis A is found in which countries?
Hepatitis A is found in Africa, Asia, and central and South America.
How many people have Hepatitis B?
The World Health Organization says as many as two billion people are infect with the hepatitis B virus.
How many people die each year from Hepatitis B?
Six hundred thousand people die each year as a result of hepatitis B.
How affective is the Hepatitis B?
How can someone get infected with Hepatitis B?
Hepatitis B spreads when blood from an infected person enters the body of another person. An infected mother can infect her baby. The virus can also spread through sexual activity, and if people share injection devices.
Blood products from an infected person can spread hepatitis B. People also can get infected if they share personal-care products that might have blood on them. Some examples are toothbrushes and sharp hair-cutting instruments.
Who is most likely to develop a life-long infection with Hepatitis B?
The babies, children and liver patient aer in risk.
How does Hepatitis C spread?
Those especially at risk include persons who inject themselves with drugs and those who received blood or blood products before nineteen ninety.
About how many people have Hepatitis C?
The World Health Organization says about one hundred seventy million people are infected with hepatitis C.
Where are the highest rates of infection?
The WHO says the highest rates of infection are in Africa, Asia, and Central and South America.
When was the virus first observed?
 The hepatitis C virus was first observed in nineteen seventy-four. 
When was it recognized as a virus?
It was not officially recognized as a new kind of hepatitis until nineteen eighty-nine.
How many Americans have Hepatitis C? 
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says about three million Americans are infected with hepatitis C.


How do you get Hepatitis D? What’s the best way to prevent it?
 Hepatitis D is spread through blood. Doctors say the best way to prevent hepatitis D is to get vaccine that protects against hepatitis B.
How do you get Hepatitis E?  When was it recognized as a separate disease?
Cases often result from polluted drinking water. Medical science recognized hepatitis E as a separate disease in nineteen eighty. Hepatitis E is also found in animal waste. Studies have shown that the virus can infect many kinds of animals.
Where has this type of Hepatitis been found? Is there a vaccine?
Hepatitis A, B, C, D, E, G found and Hepatitis A, B and D have vaccine.
When was Hepatitis G discovered?
Scientists discovered yet another kind of hepatitis in the nineteen nineties.
Can Hepatitis be cured?
Hepatitis cannot be cured. The only way to protect against infection is to receive vaccines against hepatitis A and B, and to avoid contact with the other viruses. And that may be difficult.
What are some basic ways you can protect yourselves from Hepatitis?
These include always washing your hands with soap and water after using the restroom and before preparing or eating food.Experts say travelers should not drink water of unknown quality when visiting foreign or unknown areas. They also should avoid eating uncooked fruits and vegetables
Should people with Hepatitis donate their organs? Why? 
They also should not agree to leave their organs to others after they die. Donated organs can also spread hepatitis.

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