Hepatitis C is an inflammation of the liver caused by a virus. It was discovered about twenty-eight years ago. The liver is very essential to life because it has many important functions in our bodies. Hepatitis C is a blood-borne virus. Hepatitis C is not a virus that you can visibly see unless you run a blood test and discover it in the blood. Hepatitis C is contagious but it is treatable and is considered cured if the virus is no longer detectable in your blood. Considering that some of the Hepatitis
Introduction: Hepatitis is caused by a virus that is targeted at the liver, one of your most important organs!! Specifically, it causes inflammation and injury to the liver. Hepatitis comes in many different forms, five to be exact. There is Hepatitis A, B, C, D & E. Hepatitis is caused mainly by viruses, all of which are set on shutting down your liver. I will be specifically concentrating on Hepatitis A in this report. Hepatitis A is also known as infectious Hepatitis, an extremely contagious
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a small (~55 to 65 nm), spherical enveloped virus that can cause major illness. Hepatitis C was discovered after the intense investigations between 1982 and 1988 in Chiron corporation. Michael Houghton discovered the non-A and non-B hepatitis by using the molecular approach. Hepatitis C affects liver caused by the hepatitis virus; the virus can cause acute and chronic hepatitis infection ranging from a mild illness to severity, lifelong illness. Mostly patients are affected
be caused by various environmental factors, such as excess ultraviolet exposure from the sun, chemicals in tobacco smoke, radiation from radioactive elements and many other factors. The only type of cancer that can be caused by an infection is the viral cancer. Viruses that cause cancer are called oncoviruses; oncoviruses represent approximately 15% of all human cancers worldwide (Liao 115). Viruses are made up of small portion of either DNA or RNA(sometimes both) surrounded by a protein coat. Viruses
Health Promotion on Hepatitis Virus My health promotion or prevention will take place in a college seminar at community college; I chose this group of people because I realized many colleges make medical records mandatory for only students in the health related courses and also freshmen living on campuses. I asked myself, what about those other students who are doing other courses or major who may also be at risk. The main purpose for viral hepatitis teaching is to inform the students of the importance
Hepatitis is an inflammation that occurs in the liver due to an unknown viral infection. The situation can progress to fibrosis, liver cancer, or even cirrhosis. It can be traced back to ancient Greece fifth century BC based on records of epidemic jaundice (Krugman, 1989). One potentially crucial source of infection that links to this disease is countries with high endemicity to areas that have low rates of infection. The virus duplicates in the liver and is defecated into the bile after ingestion
Infectious Disease Control In today’s global world infectious disease has become a major concern for the world. They can spread from one end of the globe to the other in a matter of days. A person can get on a plane in Europe and get off in Canada and may have infected a good portion of the world when everyone on the plane gets back home. Infectious disease may also be spread by international trade in food and medicinal biological products. In most developed countries mortality rates caused by infectious
disease incidence, determining sources of infection, identifying contacts of case-patients for post exposure prophylaxis, detecting outbreaks containing spread. In the United States, Chlorination of water kills hepatitis A virus that enters the water supply. Chlorination by adding chlorine to the water preventing the waterborne diseases; hepatitis A is a waterborne disease. Moreover, there are alternative ways to disinfect the water such as the Ozone which is used by the European countries, chloramines
Transmitted Hepatitis Prevention and Treatment "Hepatitis" means inflammation of the liver and also refers to a group of viral infections that affect the liver (CDC, 2014). There are five hepatitis viruses’ referred as Hepatitis A, B, C, D, and E with only three known to be transmitted sexually. Hepatitis A (HAV) The hepatitis A virus is found in the feces of someone infected with the virus. It only takes a tiny amount of feces getting inside another person’s mouth to cause hepatitis A infection
This Paper was written as an informative project about the Hepatitis B virus. The paper was written in a way that clearly discusses the specific causes, symptoms, treatments and prevention associated with the virus. The paper goes into details on ways to avoid contraction of this virus as well. The most common liver infection is Hepatitis B, which is a potentially life threatening infection that is caused by the Hepatitis B Virus. “Hepatitis B is a DNA virus belonging to the hepadnaviridae family of