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There are several. The most common ones are A, B, and C. But there are variations that are more rare and go all the way the letter G. That would make seven total known types.
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What does the word hapetitis means?
do u mean hepatitis?this is irritation of the liver that can cause permanent damage sometimes. hepatitis may be caused by viruses or by medicines or alcohol. Hepatitis comes in various forms eg hepatitis A, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, hepatitis D and hepatitis E...hope that helped Hepatitis is inflammation of the liver.
Should the word hepatitis be capitalized in a sentence?
It is capitalized at the beginning of the sentence or when it forms part of the proper noun. Example: Hepatitis A
Is hepatitis a viruse or a bacteria?
Hepatitis is actually quite a general term which means inflammation of the liver and so has many causes for example drug-induced, alcoholic, autoimmune or infectious. On the whole when most people refer to hepatitis they refer to infectious hepatitis often caused by the hepatitis viruses types B & C which have the potential to cause long term (chronic) hepatitis. There are other forms of the hepatitis virus family including types A, D & E and there are other forms of virus which can cause hepatitis. There are non-viral infectious causes of hepatitis including toxoplasma and Q fever (which is a bacteria) but these are rare.
If you had hepatitis A 30 years ago can you transmit it sexually?
Hepatitis A is not a sexually transmitted disease. Most other forms of Hepatitis ARE sexually transmitted, but Hepatitis A is NOT. Hepatitis A is transmitted through the "fecal-oral" route. It is most often transmitted in foods when food preparers who have Hep A don't wash their hands carefully before preparing food.
What is hepatitis's vaccine name?
For Hepatitis A, it is usually just called "The Hepatitis A vaccine" but is marketed under the brand names Havrix and Vaqta. Hepatitis B is marketed under the brand name Comvax. There isn't a vaccine for Hepatitis C.
In Tuvalu how many people die from hepatitis?
sever condition in Tuvalu in child hepatitis A
What type of pathogen causes hepatitis?
Hepatitis is caused by blood borne pathogens. The pathogens themselves conveniently share similar names to the type of hepatitis they cause: The pathogen that causes Hepatitus A is known as the Hepatitis A Virus (HAV), the pathogen that causes Hepatitus B is known as the Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) and the pathogen that causes Hepatitus C is known as the Hepatitis C Virus (HCV).
The type of hepatitis caused by contaminated food?
It is called infective hepatitis or hepatitis A
What is hepatitis?
Hepatitis is an inflammation of the liver. Hepatitis viruses are the most common cause of hepatitis in the world. There are 5 types of hepatitis viruses affected the human liver. This disease can be transmit by person to person. if you take proper treatment with the help your physician, it can be curable. there are many hepatitis medicines are available in market.
How do you get toxic hepatitis?
toxic hepatitis is a drug induced liver injury caused by many conventional drugs of supplementary substances.
Is alcoholic hepatitis the same as hepatitis C?
no alcoholic hepatitis not same as hepatitis c
How many people in Kansas have Hepatitis B?
ALot
