Hepatitis A, B and C

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Symptoms of Hepatitis A include weakness, headache and fever as well as diarrhea, stomach cramps and jaundice.” enable_textfield=”yes” textfield_area=”” textfield_area_font_container=”tag:p|text_color:Default|” el_class=”content-txt txt-block”][perch_content_text align=”” name=”” name_font_container=”tag:h2|text_color:Default|text_underline:none|extra_class:section-id blue-color|” title=”Causes of Hepatitis A” title_font_container=”tag:h5|size:md|text_color:steelblue-color-color|text_underline:none|” subtitle=”” enable_textfield=”yes” textfield_area=”” textfield_area_font_container=”tag:p|text_color:Default|” el_class=”content-txt txt-block”]

  • Drinking contaminated water
  • Not washing your hands after changing a diaper
  • Having oral or anal sex with an infected person
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A person who is chronically infected with the Hepatitis B virus is called a “carrier” of the virus and they can spread the Hepatitis B virus to other people through his/her blood and other body fluids or by sexual contact.

Symptoms of Hepatitis B include acute illness with fatigue and loss of appetite and their skin and eyes turn yellow.

People at risk of getting such illness include:” enable_textfield=”yes” textfield_area=”” textfield_area_font_container=”tag:p|text_color:Default|” el_class=”content-txt txt-block”]

  • Men or women who have multiple sexual partners.
  • People who abuse drugs by injection.

Hepatitis B is diagnosed through blood tests. The tests will show a completely negative result, a positive antibody test (anti-HBs) or a positive antigen test (HBsAg)

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You can avoid Hepatitis B by” enable_textfield=”yes” textfield_area=”” textfield_area_font_container=”tag:p|text_color:Default|” el_class=”content-txt txt-block”]

  • Getting the Hepatitis B vaccine
  • Adopting safe sex practices
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Symptoms of Hepatitis B include fatigue, jaundice, abdominal and joint pain, nausea and loss of appetite

The most common means of transmission is through injection drug use, sharing contaminated needles or any drug-related equipment or through a blood transfusion. The rate of transmission by sexual contact is considered to be very low.

Hepatitis C can only be diagnosed through blood tests.
If you test positive then the physician will do a follow-up blood test to see the liver condition.
The risk of passing Hepatitis C to your newborn is about 5%. Cesarean section is not recommended and breastfeeding may be allowed.

To protect others from getting infected, keep the following things in mind” enable_textfield=”yes” textfield_area=”” textfield_area_font_container=”tag:p|text_color:Default|” el_class=”content-txt txt-block”]

  • Refrain from sharing razors, nail clippers and toothbrushes.
  • Never donate blood.