Liver swelling and inflammation caused by the hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a medical condition known as hepatitis C. This virus is typically transmitted through contact with infected body fluids, such as blood, semen or vaginal fluids. There are two...
The National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse declares that 4.1 million Americans are affected with hepatitis C, a deadly virus of the liver that is transmitted through blood. There is no cure for hepatitis C. According to...
Hepatitis B is caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV) that causes inflammation of the liver. The virus is found in the blood and can be transmitted when bodily fluids come in contact with a break in the skin or a mucous membrane, such as the...
In the United States, approximately 3.2 million people are infected with the hepatitis C virus, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This virus causes long-lasting liver inflammation in affected people. Though many people...
Hepatitis B refers to a serious inflammation of the liver that results from being infected with the hepatitis B virus (HBV). According to EMedicine.com, over 90 percent of healthy individuals will fight off this infection and recover. Hepatitis B...
Hepatitis B can be especially dangerous for infants and newborns. It is a disease transmitted by blood or body fluids that may be passed from mother to fetus through the umbilical cord or vaginal secretions during birth. Hepatitis causes injury...
Hepatitis C is a liver disease caused by the hepatitis C virus, or HCV. The virus spreads primarily through contaminated blood. More than 80 percent of hepatitis C infections become chronic, which may lead to fatal liver diseases....
According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), hepatitis (also known as viral hepatitis) causes the liver to swell and interferes with its job, which is to assist in the digestion of food, remove toxins and stockpile energy. Depending on...
Hepatitis C is a liver disease caused by the hepatitis C virus--HCV. The infection causes swelling or inflammation of the liver that in turn prevents its major function of eliminating waste products such as alcohol from the body. Hepatitis C can...
Hepatitis C, the most common chronic blood borne illness in America, affects more around 4 million people in the United States and causes 8,000 to 10,000 deaths each year, according to the University of San Francisco. Seventy-five percent of...
People may become infected with the hepatitis C virus through the shared use of needles or through unprotected sexual contact with an infected person. Before 1992 and the refinement of screening techniques, MayoClinic.com indicates that a person...
Hepatitis C is a liver disease caused by the hepatitis C virus (HCV). During the final stage of this deadly disease, the patient is likely to experience rapid deteriorating in his cognitive functions. This condition is called hepatic...
Hepatitis C is inflammation of the liver caused by a virus. The liver is a vital organ responsible for controlling infection, removing toxins, aiding digestion and making proteins. The virus can be spread through sexual contact, from an infected...
Hepatitis C is an infectious disease of the liver caused by the hepatitis C virus. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimate that 70 to 80 percent of people with this virus do not experience symptoms. People who experience...
Hepatitis B is a serious liver infection that is caused by the hepatitis B virus, or HBV. Transmitted through exposure to blood or sexual contact with an infected person, or from mothers to infants at birth, hepatitis B and its long-term...
Hepatitis C is a disease that infects the liver and causes it to be inflamed. A person may not even realize that he has been infected with the virus, although some people do report a couple of symptoms such as body aches and fatigue. According to...
Many people confuse the hepatitis A, hepatitis B and hepatitis C viruses, but the viruses are actually quite different, according to Dr. Richard Manch, the medical director of the Banner Good Samaritan Liver Disease Center in Phoenix, Arizona....
Hepatitis C is a virus that affects the liver and is passed through contact with contaminated blood. Patients, however, usually do not display symptoms when they first contract hepatitis C. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) notes that when...
Men may contract the liver infection Hepatitis B by abusing alcohol, sharing infected needles in drug use or having unprotected sex. Infant males may become infected from an infected mother through the umbilical cord. About 70 percent of men who...
Hepatitis is an inflammation of the liver often caused by the hepatitis B virus, as indicated by BabyCenter.com. Hepatitis B is transmitted through contact with blood and other bodily fluids, which an infant will be exposed to during birth. An...
Hepatitis C is a blood-borne infection that affects the liver. In most cases it is transmitted by exposure to infected blood either through a transfusion, organ transplant or sharing needles during drug use. It can be mild and last a few weeks or...
Hepatitis simply means inflammation of the liver. Several common viruses, designated by letters, cause hepatitis. Hepatitis A, B and C, the most common types of hepatitis, the Centers for Disease Control states, infect around 85,000 people in the...
Hepatitis C is a disease that causes liver inflammation and can progress into liver failure or liver cancer. The chronic hepatitis C infection remains in the person's body. Hepatitis C may start with a fever, loss of appetite, nausea and vomiting...
Hepatitis B is an infection of the liver by the hepatitis B virus, or HBV. Infection occurs through contact with bodily fluids, including blood, vaginal fluids and semen, and an infected mother may pass the virus to her child during childbirth....
When a doctor attempts to identify hepatitis A symptoms, he may ask the patient about experiences over the course of the previous two to six weeks. The doctor asks this question because symptoms of hepatitis A typically appear within two to six...
Hepatitis C can be a confusing and mysterious illness. Although it's a chronic inflammation of the liver, it can be difficult to identify the symptoms. Many people infected with Hepatitis C actually have the disease for years without experiencing...
Hepatitis C is a liver disease that may lead to liver cancer, liver failure and scarring of the liver (cirrhosis). The disease can be contracted through infected blood, sexual contact and from mother to child in childbirth, according to the...
According to the Hepatitis B Foundation, the hepatitis B virus transmits itself through body fluids such as blood-to-blood contact, unprotected sex, used needles or from a mother to infant during delivery. Failure to diagnose and treat hepatitis B...
Hepatitis B is a liver infection caused by the hepatitis B virus. The disease can be fatal due to the damage to the liver (cirrhosis), or because of subsequent liver cancer, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Most of the common...
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