HEPATITIS
Disease information
HEPATITIS
It affects the same to both sexes although in the
hepatitis
of the B type, by the form of I
infect
are some groups with greater risk, as they are the homosexual men, the
sexual
people with manifold even, the
addict
endovenosos, the people with immunological
problems
and the
children
of carrying mothers of the virus.
By the type of damage, duration, agent or cause that trigger the
disease
, are two types of
hepatitis
:
The
chronic
hepatitis
, that is an inflammatory
disease
of the
liver
that lasts more than six months. Most of the cases Tambie'n is caused generally by virus of type
C
. can be caused by the consumption of some medicines like alfametildopa, nitrofurantoína or dantroleno or by
chronic
alcoholism
.
The other is the viral
hepatitis
very important
disease
by the amount of cases that registers. It is caused by the virus To, B,
C
,
D and E
, and by others like the Citomegalovirus, the Epspein Barr or the Coxackie.
Although the
hepatitis
is caused by different types from virus and in all the cases the symptoms are very similarities, the way of transmission, acquisition, their evolution and the damage of the cells of the
liver
, is different for
each
virus and until for
each
person, the symptoms can be different.
The people who have suffered
hepatitis
cannot be donating of blood, since the virus infects
itself
mainly by this means.
At the moment it is counted on vaccine to prevent the
hepatitis
To, B and
C
. the vaccine to prevent the
hepatitis
is recommended for the adults who must
travel
to tropical zones of high risk, sanitary personnel and of
health
.
The vaccine of
hepatitis
B,
has
been incorporated in the scheme of infantile vaccination of many places of the world and also it is recommended to apply it to all the adolescents, hemophiliac,
children
of carrying, familiar mothers of patients and people who by their
sexual
activities or conducts can be of high risk.
IMPORTANT the content of this note is informative and by no reason it replaces the medical diagnosis, reason why we do not become people in
charge
on its use.
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