http://www.4woman.gov/faq/hepatitis.pdf It makes your liver, an important organ in your body, swell
up (or become inflamed) and stop working well.
A he althy liver helps your body fight infections, stops bleeding, takes
drugs and other poisons out of your blood, and stores energy.
Hepatitis affects millions of Americans and is a serious health problem
in parts of Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean.
While it can cause swelling and inflammation in the liver, it doesn't
lead to ch ronic, or life long, disease.
Having unprotected (not using a condom) with an infected person.
Some people are not able to get rid of the virus, which makes the infection
chronic, or life lo ng.
Is hepatitis a ually transmitted disease (STD)?
Hepatitis C and the workplace
http://www.hepatitisc.org.au/information/Hepatitis
C and the workplace.pdf Transmission of hepatitis C virus occurs when blood from someone
with the virus enters the bloodstream of someone else.
In line with Occupational Health & Safety legislation, all workplaces
must provide readily accessible first aid and infection control measures.
In line with Federal Privacy legislation, and because hepatitis C is classified
as a disability and covered under anti-discrimination legislation (in
NSW), employers must not disclose the hepatitis C status of any employee,
contractor, customer or client to anybody else.
Medical tests used to determine whether an employee can join a superannuation
fund should not take place before a person is given the job.
Dangers-Of-Hep-B_7198_7
http://www.michigan.gov/documents/Dangers-Of-Hep-B_7198_7.pdf The younger you are when you get hepatitis B, the sicker you
can be.
All babies, children, and teens should get the shots.
The hepatitis B vaccine is one of the safest vaccines there is.
It can lead to severe illness, life-long disease, scarring (cirrhosis)
of the liver, liver failure, liver cancer or death.
Hepatitis B is spread from person to person through blood and other body
fluids.
· sharing ear piercing, body piercing or tattooing equipment with
them Some people (30%-40%) who get hepatitis B do not have any of these
risk factors.
Babies born to these mothers need to get the first shot of vaccine and
another shot called HBIG at birth.
phhepa
ORDER: After screening for contraindications, providing the
current vaccine information statement (VIS), answering questions, and
obtaining a signed Vaccine Administration Record (VAR), give hepatitis
A vaccine intramuscularly into the deltoid muscle.
Use formulation and dosage according to age and vaccine.
Primary immunization should be initiated at least 4 weeks prior to expected
exposure to HAV.
In general, persons working as food handlers in the state of Oregon are
not at increased risk of hepatitis A infection when compared to the general
public.
Vaccination of a person who is immune because of prior infection does
not increase the risk for adverse events.
hepc
http://www.aft.org/healthcare/downloadfiles/hepc.pdf Thanks to widespread media coverage and information programs,
most healthcare workers recognize the serious work-related risk of infection
from Hepatitis B virus (HBV) and the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV).
Unfortunately, the attention focused on these bloodborne viruses has overshadowed
the threat of occupational exposure to Hepatitis C and other possible
non-A, non-B, non-C Hepatitis viruses.
The evidence of Hepatitis C infection among healthcare workers is skimpy.
However, the Centers for Disease Control estimates that between five percent
and nine percent of all cases occur in healthcare workers.
A recent study of emergency room patients in a large urban hospital found
that 18 percent of admitted patients were infected with Hepatitis C--with
nearly 83 percent of intravenous drug users showing evidence of infection.
patientenratgeber_zentrale_englisch
Viral hepatitis is one of the most common infectious diseases
world-wide and almost 1 million people are infected in Germany.
Although great advances in understanding the mechanisms of the disease
and improving therapy have been made in recent years, still the majority
of patients with chronic hepatitis B and C cannot be treated successfully.
Hepatitis is an inflammation of the liver.
Hepatitis A virus: They are transmitted directly from man to man by smear
infection (i.e. by excrements) or by contaminated food.
In some cases an acute infection develops with symptoms like fatigue,
nausea, absence of appetite, fever, vomiting, dark colour of faeces and
yellow colour of the skin.
drugs
If you have active hepatitis C infection, you can help yourself
stay well longer.
Protect yourself by using condoms and by never sharing injecting equipment.
· Paracetamol can cause liver damage -- do not take more than the
recommended dose (8 tablets maximum in 24 hours at 4-6 hourly intervals).
It may be worth thinking about getting off methadone and other drugs before
this occurs.
Sneezing, hugging, coughing, food, sharing eating utensils or drinking
glasses, or from normal social contact.
Hepatitis C (HCV) is a viral infection spread through blood to blood contact.
Over time the virus can damage your liver.
The biggest risk is through injecting drugs.
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The body's immune system holds the key to eliminating hepatitis
C, the source of a hidden epidemic in the U.S. Locating that key depends
on scientists'learning why many people's immune systems fail to mount
an effective response to hepatitis C,while others'rise to the viral challenge.
Only a quarter of the four million people in the United States infected
with hepatitis C know they have the virus.The life-threaten-ing liver
disease that occurs with infection takes decades to develop,and for those
in the final stage of disease,liver transplant remains the only treatment.If
more people with the virus were tested and sought treatment,scientists
could better understand the immune system's interaction with the virus.Creating
a metropolitan center for clinical and basic research advances the research
--- and aids more patients.
"More people than we thought clear the virus from their system, and
we need to understand how they do this," adds Rice.
PUB_hepatitis
http://www.sacdhhs.com/CMS/download/pdfs/PUB/PUB_hepatitis.pdf HEPATITIS C Symptoms may include abdominal discomfort, nausea
and vomiting, and jaundice.
However, if you've been diagnosis with Hepatitis C you may wish to consult
with your doctor about getting the Hepatitis A vaccine.
HEPATITIS A is usually marked by a sudden onset of symptoms and a high
fever (102 to 103) occurring from three to six weeks (usually 30 days)
after exposure to the virus.
The virus is found in the stool (bowel movement) of an infected person,
and is spread from one person to another through contaminated food or
water.
It is spread by receiving the blood of an infected person or skin piercing
articles contaminated by the blood of the person (such as ear piercing,
tattooing, drug and needle use).
hepatitisa
The most common way the disease is spread is from person to
person by hands contaminated with feces or as a result of poor personal
hygiene when using the toilet.
Outbreaks may be due to water or food being contaminated with feces, such
as raw shellfish, fruit, or other foods not cooked long enough at the
correct temperature.
Symptoms may begin as early as 15 days or as long as 50 days after exposure.
There is no specific treatment for Hepatitis A infection.
However, it is important to see a doctor to follow the course of the infection
and confirm the diagnosis.
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http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/reprint/156/10/1427.pdf Public education about HCV infection and programs that promote
testing for injection drug users and for people who received blood transfusions
before 1990 (when donor screening for HCV began) have increased the demand
for medical advice about HCV infection.
In Canada, injection drug use is associated with at least half of HCV
infections,2,3 but the actual proportion may be much greater; further,
there is a high prevalence of anti-HCV among injection drug users.4 The
receipt of blood and blood components, especially before 1990, is the
second most important risk factor for HCV infection;2,3 however, this
risk has decreased markedly from perhaps 30% in the 1960s to 1.3% in the
late 1980s to 1 in 103 000 today.
hepatitis_a_foodworkers
http://www.kdhe.state.ks.us/fofs/handouts/hepatitis_a_foodworkers.pdf Symptoms often appear about one month after infection, but
can develop anytime between 2 to 6 weeks after infection.
Infected food handlers may carry the virus on their hands and may contaminate
ready-to-eat food when they do not use good handwashing practices after
every restroom visit and have bare hand contact with ready-to-eat food.
For the disease to spread, the virus must enter the mouth of a person
who has not had hepatitis A before or is not immunized against hepatitis
A. Good handwashing after toileting and no bare hand contact with ready-to-eat
food can greatly reduce the spread of hepatitis A from an infected food
handler to others.
vaccines_hep
http://www.healthstrategies.org/pubs/factsheets/vaccines_hep.pdf Hepatitis A virus (HAV) is primarily transmitted through the
fecal-oral route, when a person puts something in his or her mouth (such
as food or a beverage) that has been contaminated with the feces of a
person infected with HAV.
HAV infection can be very severe in those who already have chronic liver
disease from hepatitis B virus (HBV) or hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection.
Hepatitis A vaccine Two hepatitis A vaccines are licensed in the U.S.
for use in people aged 2 years and older.
Immunization against hepatitis A is recommended for people at risk of
getting infected or who may become seriously ill if infected (see chart).
HepatitisC
http://www.medicineau.net.au/resources/handouts/HepatitisC.pdf Hepatitis C means an infection with the hepatitis C virus,
one of a range of viruses that can damage the liver.
Up to three quarters of those infected will not be able to clear the virus
from their body, despite a healthy immune system.
We do not know everything about how hepatitis C is transmitted.
However, it is almost always spread by blood or bodily fluids from one
person to another.
· people with occupational exposure to blood.
However, about 10% of people with hepatitis C have no obvious risk factor.
Spread by ual activity is possible, but the risk is thought to be small,
unless the partner is acutely infected.
