More Information About Hepatitis

It is important to know that when there is a possible symptom of hepatitis, you should see a doctor immediately, following the signs of it. Those who are infected with hepatitis should be extremely careful in their treatment, as this could damage your liver disease, to death.

Hepatitis is not nothing but a liver inflammation, and there are several types, each classified by a letter according to the virus that has attacked, when hepatitis is not treated on time can lead to cirrhosis or liver cancer, leading to many to resort to transplant.
Types of hepatitis

Among cases of hepatitis are:

Hepatitis “A”
The cause of this hepatitis is the hepatitis A virus or HAV, is basically a virus that is spread by poor hygiene, eating dirty and poorly cleaned, contact with the feces with another patient, the food we have had contact with insects like flies, cockroaches, spread by blood and secretions.

It lasts an average of 15 days to 2 months and only occurs once in the body, since our body produces for defense when the VHA, you can think back to attack, plus HAV-infected recover completely with no lasting effects on your liver, being completely restored. In this case of hepatitis A, only 1% of those infected develop fulminant hepatitis.

Hepatitis “B”
Hepatitis B is caused by HBV or hepatitis B virus, attacks more than 300 million people annually, in turn is causing an average of 500 thousand deaths per year.
The contagion of this type of hepatitis is sexually or via blood, can last up to 6 months depending on much of the immune system as infected when exceeds 6 months is considered as hepatitis B infection. Read the rest of this entry »