An Overview on Hepatitis and Its Prevention

Hepatitis means inflammation of the liver. The liver is just one of several organs that the viruses affect. There are several hepatitis viruses; they have been named types A, B, C, D, E and G. The most common types of viral hepatitis are HAV, HBV and HCV. The different hepatitis are transmitted by v...

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Published in:Pharmacie Globale : International Journal of Comprehensive Pharmacy 2017-01, Vol.8 (1), p.26
Main Authors: Saha, Shubhankar, Sikdar, Pranabesh, Lavanya, D, Babu, M Niranajan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alcohol
Alcoholic beverages
Appetite loss
Biopsy
Blood transfusion
Cytomegalovirus
Disease management
Disease transmission
Epidemiology
Fatigue
Hepatitis
Infections
Inflammation
Interferon
Liver
Liver cancer
Liver diseases
Organs
Pain
Sexual transmission
Transfusion
Ultrasound
Urine
Vaccines
Viral infections
Viruses
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Summary:Hepatitis means inflammation of the liver. The liver is just one of several organs that the viruses affect. There are several hepatitis viruses; they have been named types A, B, C, D, E and G. The most common types of viral hepatitis are HAV, HBV and HCV. The different hepatitis are transmitted by various routes such as parenteral transmission, sexual transmission, sporadic cases, transmission via blood transfusion. There are some non viral causes such as parental transmission, alcohol. The different sign and symptoms observed in the hepatitis are fatigue flu-like symptoms dark urine pale stool abdominal pain loss of appetite. Hepatitis can be diagnosed in different methods such as Physical Exam, Liver Biopsy, Liver Function Tests, Ultrasound, Blood Tests and Viral Antibody Testing. Hepatitis vaccines are generally used to control the hepatitis caused by different modes.
ISSN:0976-8157
0976-8157