As we mentioned in former articles, hepatitis is characterized by the destruction of a whole of liver cells and the proximity of inflammatory cells in the liver tissue caused by immoderate alcohol drinking, disorders of the gall bladder or pancreas, including medication side effects, and infections. There are many other infective agents that can cause inflammation of the liver, or hepatitis. However, the term is unfortunately commonly used to refer to a single group of viruses such as Hepatitis A, B, and C.
In this article we will discuss types of hepatitis, there are 5:
1. Hepatitis A (Hav)
Hepatitis A causes swelling and inflammation in the liver and is very base in underdeveloped countries, resulting in drinking water or eating food that is infected by the hepatitis A virus (Hav). It can also be transmitted through sexual intercourse. This type of hepatitis regularly has slow onset and most people fully recover. Hepatitis A can be discovered by blood testing.
2. Hepatitis B (Hbv)
Hepatitis B virus is most often contracted via blood experience such as blood, semen, body fluids, Iv drug abusers sharing needles or someone using tainted needles. It can also be transmitted through sexual experience and from mom to baby during childbirth. Hepatitis B causes inflammation of the liver prominent to a serious infection that can cause liver damage, which may succeed in cancer.
3. Hepatitis C (Hcv)
Hepatitis C, like hepatitis B is spread via blood and body-fluid experience such as blood, semen, body fluid, Iv drug abusers sharing needles or someone using tainted needles. Hepatitis C used to be the most base type of hepatitis acquired through blood transfusions until a test for it became available in the 1980s. Hepatitis C causes inflammation of the liver resulting in liver damage that can lead to cancer. It also commonly leads to chronic liver inflammation and slowly damagesthe liver over a long period of time before prominent to cirrhosis of the liver, that means scar tissue replacing normal, salutary tissue in succeed of blocking the flow of blood through the liver and preventing it from from working as it should.
4. Hepatitis D (Hdv)
Hepatitis D is caused by the virus Hdv. You can only get hepatitis D if you are already infected with hepatitis B. Hepatitis D also causes inflammation of liver and is transmitted through infected blood, needles and sexual experience with with a someone infected with Hdv.
5. Hepatitis E (Hev)
Similar to hepatitis A, hepatitis E is also caused by drinking water or eating food that os infected by the hepatitis A virus (Hav). It can also be transmitted through sexual intercourse causing temporary swelling of the liver and no long term damage to it.
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