Hepatitis: Overview

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  • Hepatitis A - What Happens

    09/09/08, Healthwise

    After the hepatitis A virus (HAV) enters your body, the amount of virus grows for 2 to 7 weeks. The average incubation period is about 4 weeks.

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  • Hepatitis A - What Increases Your Risk

    09/09/08, Healthwise

    People who practice certain behaviors or have certain jobs are at higher risk for hepatitis A. If you are a member of a high-risk group, you should receive the hepatitis A vaccine(What is a PDF document?) .

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  • Hepatitis C - What Happens

    08/27/07, Healthwise

    After you are infected with hepatitis C, you will enter an early, shorter-term (acute) stage of the disease. Some people with acute hepatitis C fight off the virus permanently and never have any liver problems. But up to 85% of people

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  • Hepatitis C - What Increases Your Risk

    08/27/07, Healthwise

    Certain factors may increase your risk of becoming infected with the hepatitis C virus. Just because you are at risk for getting hepatitis C does not mean that you have the virus. But if you are at risk, talk to your doctor about whet

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  • Should I take antiviral therapy for hepatitis C?

    08/27/07, Healthwise

    Hepatitis C is a liver disease caused by infection with the hepatitis C virus. Most infections begin with a short-term, acute illness that often is so mild that most people who have it do not know anything is wrong. But up to 85% of p

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  • Hepatitis B - What Increases Your Risk

    10/15/07, Healthwise

    People who practice certain behaviors or have certain jobs are at high risk for becoming infected with hepatitis B virus (HBV). If you are a member of a high-risk group, you should receive the hepatitis B vaccine(What is a PDF documen

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  • Should I use antiviral therapy for chronic hepatitis B?

    10/15/07, Healthwise

    Hepatitis B is liver disease caused by infection with the hepatitis B virus (HBV). Hepatitis B is one of the most common forms of viral hepatitis, which includes hepatitis A, B, C, D, and E. But hepatitis has many other causes, inclu

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  • Hepatitis B - Treatment Overview

    10/15/07, Healthwise

    Treatment of hepatitis B viral (HBV) infection depends on how active the virus is and whether you are at risk for liver damage such as cirrhosis. Short-term (acute) hepatitis B usually goes away on its own. Home treatment is used to r

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  • Cirrhosis - Topic Overview

    01/25/08, Healthwise

    Cirrhosis (say "suh-ROH-sus") is a very serious condition in which scarring damages the liver. The liver is a large organ that is part of the digestive system. It does a wide range of complex jobs that are vital for life. For example,

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  • Hepatitis B vaccine

    08/29/07, Healthwise

    Hepatitis B vaccine will not protect you against infection with hepatitis A, C, and E, or other viruses that affect the liver. It will also not protect you from hepatitis B if you are already infected with the virus, even if you do not yet show sympt

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