Understanding the Digestive Disorder - Hepatitis

Hepatitis A can be contracted when you consume food that someone touched who had infected feces on their hands when they touched the food. You can get the hepatitis A virus by drinking water that is contaminated with infected feces.

 
The inflammation of the liver that results in cell damage is known as Hepatitis. There can be acute hepatitis or chronic hepatitis and there are six main types of the hepatitis virus that have been identified to date.

The six main types of hepatitis virus are: Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, Hepatitis D, Hepatitis E, and Hepatitis G.

Hepatitis A is the type that is spread by fecal-oral contact or fecal-infected food and water, or it may also be spread by blood-borne infection (rare).

Hepatitis A can be contracted when you consume food that someone touched who had infected feces on their hands when they touched the food. You can get the hepatitis A virus by drinking water that is contaminated with infected feces. You can also get it by touching infected person's feces. You may see large outbreaks of Hepatitis A in large childcare centers, when children are in diapers and caregivers do not wash their hands between diaper changes and there are children present with the disease. You can also contract Hepatitis from sexual contact with a person who has the disease.

There is now a vaccine for hepatitis A.

Hepatitis B

This hepatitis can be mild and present no symptoms, or it can be chronic, and in some cases even result in liver failure and death. You can contract hepatitis B virus by way of blood and body fluid exposure such as blood, semen, vaginal secretions, or by saliva. An infant can also contract the disease when born to a woman who has the disease. A child who has hepatitis B can infect other children easily thorough sharing of saliva, and also by direct contact through cuts and scrapes.

Gastrointestinal Disorders

Individuals can experience different symptoms but the common ones are: cramping, bloating, gas, diarrhea, and nausea. The symptoms will worsen when larger portions of milk products are consumed. Gastrointestinal Disorders

Individuals at high risk for contracting Hepatitis B are those who:

Are born to mothers with hepatitis B

Are born to mothers who have come from a country where hepatitis B is widespread (Asia, China).

Individual living in long-term facilities and who are disabled

Others who live in the same household as someone who has hepatitis B.

Hemophilia patients

Individuals who receive dialysis for kidney failure

Individuals that use IV drugs or have unprotected heterosexual or homosexual sexual contact

Individuals that have contact with blood products as part of their occupation

A vaccine for hepatitis is now in use as part of routine childhood immunization.

Hepatitis C

This virus shows mild if any symptoms and according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), hepatitis C is the leading cause for liver transplantation. At the present time no mode of transmission for hepatitis C has been identified. It is known that individuals that have alcoholic liver disease often get hepatitis C.

Other individuals at risk for hepatitis C include:

Babies born to moms who have the disease

Individuals with blood clotting disorders such as hemophilia that received clotting factors prior to 1987

Individuals that receive dialysis for kidney failure

Those individuals who received blood transfusions prior to 1992.

Those who participate in high-risk activities such as IV drug usage, and unprotected sex with heterosexual or homosexual partners

There is currently no vaccine for hepatitis C.

Hepatitis D

You can only get hepatitis D if you have hepatitis B.

Hepatitis E

Is similar to hepatitis A but is less common than hepatitis A. It is seen in poorly developed countries.

Hepatitis G

This is the newest strain of hepatitis and is thought to occur through blood transmission. It is common in IV drug users, those with clotting disorders, and those who require hemodialysis for renal failure. There are usually no clinical symptoms of hepatitis G.

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