2007-02-20 05:29:02 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Infectious Diseases
The most common way to contract hepatitis is through bodily fluids such as blood, etc. Hepatitis can also be contracted throught the bodily fluids involved in sexual intercourse. Infected body fluids invade and infect through tears, cuts, and/or pores to infect into the blood stream contaminating the other person.
2007-02-20 05:33:28 · answer #1 · answered by emmylee 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hepatitis A is generally acquired by eating or drinking contaminated food or water. Human feces is the big culprit.That is why we are often advised against swimming in certain rivers, lakes and streams. It is also the reason that food handlers and restaurant workers must wash hands meticulously after using the bathroom.
Hepatitis B is borne by blood and body fluids. Getting a carrier's blood into an open sore, even a tiny one, may transmit the disease. Some persons with hepatitis B remain long term carriers. Since blood banks have become more restrictive in who is allowed to donate, and have more accurate tests, blood borne hepatitis B has become much less common. Therefore sexual transmission is probably the most common way you get it.
Hepatitis C is acquired similarly to hepatitis B.
Any type of liver inflammation can be termed hepatitis, so it can be a result of mono, certain parasites, certain drugs and toxins, including alcohol.
2007-02-20 13:42:27 · answer #2 · answered by greydoc6 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What Is Hepatitis?
The liver is one of the body's powerhouses. It helps process nutrients and metabolizes medication. The liver also helps clear the body of toxic waste products.
The word hepatitis (pronounced: heh-puh-tie-tus) means an inflammation of the liver, and it can be caused by one of many things - including a viral or bacterial infection, liver injury caused by a toxin (poison), and even an attack on the liver by the body's own immune system.
Although there are several forms of hepatitis, the condition is usually caused by one of three viruses: hepatitis A, hepatitis B, or hepatitis C virus. The hepatitis virus is a mutating virus, which means that it changes over time and can be difficult for the body to fight. In some cases, hepatitis B or C can destroy the liver. The patient then will need a liver transplant to survive, which is not always available or successful...
MORE at http://www.kidshealth.org/teen/infections/stds/hepatitis.html
2007-02-20 13:34:29 · answer #3 · answered by arechigamarks 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hepatitis A and E -- Oro-fecal route. Through contaminated food and water. Hepatitis B and C--Through blood, contaminated needles, sexual transmission, transmission from mother to baby during birth. Hepatitis A can also be transmitted through blood and needles.
Hepatitis G is like C. Hepatitis D can occur only if hepatitis B is already present.
2007-02-20 13:47:25 · answer #4 · answered by yakkydoc 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
if you mean viral hepatitis it is mainly transmitted by blood for example in iv drug users it is also may transmitted from mother to fetus & newborns via blood , breast feeding & etc
relatives of a patient with viral hepatitis specially hepatitis B& C may be at risk because of close contact with this cases health care workers are also at risk if they have close contact or been needlinged . other secretions of a patient with hepatitits may also transmit the virus
2007-02-20 13:44:00 · answer #5 · answered by Niab H 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
By contact with blood or feces of infected persons. So, by sex or needles but you can also get it from foods if an infected person handled your food after using the bathroom and not washing their hands (yuck). Salad bars are a problem that way. You can get a Hep A and B vaccine. Hep C is usually thru blood and is common among IV drug users.
2007-02-20 13:33:34 · answer #6 · answered by Mary G 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't have hepatitis and I resent the implication!
2007-02-20 13:32:44 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
google it.
2007-02-20 13:31:46 · answer #8 · answered by jaded_poser 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋