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Health Encyclopedia: Hepatitis Hepatitis B And D

Hepatitis B and D

Hepatitis B and D were formerly called serum hepatitis. Hepatitis B is mainly transmitted through blood transfusions, contaminated needles, and sexual contact. Blood screening has reduced the risk from transfusions. It can also be passed from cuts, scrapes, and other breaks in the skin. Hepatitis D virus can replicate only by attaching to hepatitis B and therefore cannot exist without the B virus being present.

Risk Factors for Hepatitis B. About 1.2 million Americans are chronic...

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The Double Why-Me: Rheumatoid Arthritis and Hepatitis C

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...therapeutic management of a rheumatoid arthritis patient is hepatitis C. Infection with the... Read more »

Ask the Expert: The Relation Between Arthritis, Hepatitis C and Fibromyalgia

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The fact is that there are many different kinds of pain that arise from many different causes and... Read more »

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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 »

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 »

Hepatitis: References

...19;55(RR-7):1-23.Armstrong GL, Wasley A, Simard EP, McQuillan GM, Kuhnert WL, Alter MJ. The prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection in the United States, 1999 through 2002. Ann Intern Med. 2006... Read more »

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