Articles of category "Hepatitis"

There are several hepatitis types. They are Hepatitis A, B, C, D and E. Hepatitis A is a type of viral hepatitis, which usually leads to a number of health problems. Hepatitis B is transmitted through blood and sexual contacts with infected people. Hepatitis C is able to cause liver cancer. It is impossible to get hepatitis D if the liver is not affected by hepatitis B. Hepatitis E is transmitted through dirty water.

Hepatitis is a disease that affects the liver. There are several ways of its transmission. The most frequent are the contact with the infected blood, body fluids from and unprotected sexual contact with the infected person. Speaking about hepatitis signs and symptoms, it must be underlined that they can start appearing only much later after the person got infected.