UNDERSTANDING HEPATITIS A, B AND C By Vien007 On Health Tips

    It’s considered one of the most prevalent health problems of the 1990s. The World Health Organization reports that 1.4 million cases of one form of it are treated annually worldwide. In the United States alone, close to 5 million adults have the other two forms B or C, and this may be only a small percentage of the total of infected individuals.

                                  

   What am I talking about, it’s Hepatitis in 3 forms, A, B AND C.

Hi there, today on the show, City Health Tips with me Vien, I will be sharing with you

Basic Facts About Hepatitis A, B, and C and the major risk factor according to CDC The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for Hepatitis A alone—Now as regards How you can contract it; Functions of the liver; What can happen when hepatitis progresses” Oh that can be dreadful”—the Dr.s on Doctors Orders will share that with you, but now lets get straight to the facts as regards Hepatitis A B AND C

Hepatitis A:

Hepatitis A (HAV), the most prevalent type of hepatitis worldwide, strikes more than 150,000 people in the United States annually now if we get the math right a lot of people around the world are missing in this equation.

Hepatitis B:

Each year, more than 250,000 people contract hepatitis B (HBV) in the each country.

Hepatitis C:

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that up to 30,000 individuals acquire hepatitis C (HCV) infections in a country each year. In other parts of the world, the rates of infection and numbers in infected individuals range as high as 20 percent of the population. Called "an emerging public health threat" and the "silent epidemic," hepatitis C is a leading cause of cirrhosis and liver cancer, and is now the leading reason for liver transplantation.

And now, the Risk factors as I promised to share with you

Major risk factors for hepatitis A

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HEPATITIS A

    Person-to-person contact

    Poor personal hygiene

    Poor sanitation

    Unsafe sexual practices

    Employment of contact with day care centers and healthcare institutions such

    as nursing homes

    Street drug use

You are at risk if any of the mentioned risk factors are being practiced by you.

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