infections are: hepatitis B (HBV), hepatitis C (HCV), and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Another infection which has more recently increased in prevalence is methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). These infections are all treated differently. Each infection has its own symptoms, classifications, and incubation periods. These infections are transmitted in very similar fashions, but they do not all target the same population. Hepatitis B was the first of the hepatitis viruses to
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 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
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
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
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
Introduction: Hepatitis A virus (formerly known as Enterovirus 72) has a long history and it still has a big impact on human populations in the modern world. From time of the ancient Greek doctor Hippocrates, Hepatitis A virus (HAV) was noted for causing jaundice. By the 8th century, it was realized that icteric disease was caused by an infectious agent. Later in the history, in 1885, it was discovered by scientists that hepatitis could be spread through blood transfusions. Now, it is well- known
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
“estimates that nearly 20 million new sexually transmitted infections occur every year in this country, half among young people aged 15–24, and account for almost $16 billion in health care costs2” With numbers on the rise it is a concern that we spread knowledge about how to prevent STDs. With see many organizations from the local level all the way up to the federal level. Starting down at the lowest level the local level we can see that California University of Pennsylvania has its