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Hepatitis A?
It is a acute or chronic liver infection caused by hepatitis A virus. To learn more, Visit Central BioHub.
What is the difference between chronic hepatitis b and carrier of hepatitis B?
Chronic hepatitis B is a liver disease caused by a virus. Being a carrier of hepatitis B means that you are infected with the virus and can transmit it to others, but you may not have the disease
What does unspecified chronic hepatitis mean?
Chronic Hepatitis develops when an individual contracts the disease for the long-term. Unspecified Chronic Hepatitis means that, an infected person has a Chronic Hepatitis, but the doctors don't know what kind it is, whether it be Hepatitis A, B, C, D ect.
What conditions can be caused by congenital hepatitis B?
Congenital hepatitis B can cause chronic liver infection, although symptoms usually do not become apparent until young adulthood.
Is cirousious of the liver contagious?
No it is not. Cirrhosis is most commonly caused by heavy alcohol consumption and chronic hepatitis C.
Can you work in nys as a phlebotomist if you have hepatitis c?
Absolutely. Health care workers with HIV or hepatitis or other chronic bloodborne illness are not barred from work in NY or elsewhere in the US.
Chronic active hepatitis are carriers?
yes
Can CHRONIC hepatitis C kill you?
yes
The type of hepatitis caused by contaminated food?
It is called infective hepatitis or hepatitis A
What is hepatitis E?
Hepatitis E is a viral hepatitis that mainly caused by infection.
What is the medical term meaning slowly progressing inflammation of the liver?
CirrhosisCirrhosis
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.
