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Hepatitis A

About a third of the U.S. population has antibodies to hepatitis A, indicating previous infection by the virus. The hepatitis A virus infects up to 200,000 Americans every year and causes symptoms in about 134,000 of them. Almost 30% are children under age 15.

Hepatitis A (formerly called infectious hepatitis) is excreted in feces and transmitted by contaminated food and water. Eating shellfish taken from sewage-contaminated water is a common means of contracting hepatitis A. Infected ...

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Hepatitis: Highlights

...2005 for treatment of chronic hepatitis B. The injectable drug was previously approved for chronic hepatitis C.Drug WarningPatients with hepatitis A or B should not take acetaminophen (Tylenol),... Read more »

Hepatitis: Hepatitis C

Hepatitis CHepatitis C is spread by contact with infected human blood. It is the most common blood-borne infection in the country. Until blood screening began in 1990, the hepatitis C virus was... Read more »

Immunizations: Hepatitis A

...and health care workers exposed to the virus. People with chronic liver disease, including those with hepatitis C, should also be vaccinated, particularly if they have not been exposed to... Read more »

Cirrhosis: Highlights

...review in the Cochrane Database. The herb is a popular natural remedy for liver disorders.Cirrhosis and Hepatitis CMost people who have chronic hepatitis C for many decades will develop cirrhosis,... Read more »

Cirrhosis: Causes

...eventually shrinks as cirrhosis develops.Chronic HepatitisChronic hepatitis, either hepatitis B or hepatitis C, is the second leading cause of cirrhosis. Chronic hepatitis C is the more dangerous... Read more »

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