Viral hepatitis is one of the most important causes of chronic liver disease in the United States, it's also a worldwide problem, and millions of people are at risk for its complications. Though sometimes it seems that doctors are losing "the war" against viral hepatitis, the actual numbers of people with viral hepatitis collected by health officials suggest otherwise.
Over 170 million or 3% of the global population!!
Famous people who have died from Hepatitis include James Earl Ray, Elizabeth Young, Francisco Varela, and Jeanine Parvati Baker. Unfortunately, these people ad their lives shortened due to Hepatitis.
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About 1,000,000 people each year.
Hepatitis means inflammation (itis) of the liver (hepar), an irritation or swelling of the liver cells. There are many causes of hepatitis which include viral infections A, B and C that most of us have heard of, but also the disease also includes auto-immune hepatitis, fatty liver hepatitis, alcoholic hepatitis and toxin induced hepatitis. Globally, it is estimated that around 250 million people are affected by hepatitis C. Moreover, an estimated 400 million people are chronic carriers of hepatitis B.
People who have it.
In the past, people have contracted hepatitis C through blood transfusions
My 13 year old Cocker recently died of hepatitis. How could this have happened if she is an indoor animal.
She died when Elvis was in the service of hepatitis. She was 42 years old, Elvis was also 42 when he died. I do not understand how anybody can be 'in the service of hepatitis'. Hepatitis is a disease from which some people suffer.
Hepatitis is commonly found among intravenous drug abusers.
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