Hepatitis: Overview

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  • Hepatitis A - Topic Overview

    09/09/08, Healthwise

    Hepatitis A is a liver infection caused by a virus. It goes away on its own in almost all cases. Hepatitis A does not lead to long-term liver problems.

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  • Hepatitis A - Cause

    09/09/08, Healthwise

    Hepatitis A is caused by a virus (hepatitis A virus, or HAV) that multiplies in liver cells and is shed in stool.

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  • Hepatitis C - Topic Overview

    08/27/07, Healthwise

    Hepatitis C is a disease caused by a virus that infects the liver. In time, it can lead to permanent liver damage as well as cirrhosis, liver cancer, and liver failure.

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  • Hepatitis C - Cause

    08/27/07, Healthwise

    Hepatitis C is a liver disease that is caused by infection with the hepatitis C virus, a virus that lives in your liver cells.

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  • Hepatitis Panel

    08/20/07, Healthwise

    A hepatitis panel is a blood test used to find markers of hepatitis infection. Hepatitis causes inflammation of the liver.

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  • Hepatitis B - Topic Overview

    10/15/07, Healthwise

    Hepatitis B is a virus that infects the liver. Most adults who get hepatitis B have it for a short time and then get better. This is called acute hepatitis B.

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  • Hepatitis B - Cause

    10/15/07, Healthwise

    Hepatitis B is a 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,

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  • Should I be tested for hepatitis B and C?

    08/27/07, Healthwise

    Hepatitis causes an inflammation of the liver. Hepatitis B and C are spread through infected blood and body fluids. This happens most often during sexual contact (hepatitis B) and when people share needles to inject drugs (hepatitis B and

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  • Hepatitis A pediatric vaccine

    07/13/07, Healthwise

    Hepatitis A pediatric vaccine will not protect your child against infection with hepatitis B, C, and E, or other viruses that affect the liver. It may also not protect a child from hepatitis A if the child is already infected with the virus, even if

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  • Hepatitis, Neonatal

    05/25/08, Healthwise

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