Hepatitis disease is often characterized by skin and the whites of the eyes become yellowish. Therefore hepatitis often called jaundice. Jaundice is usually associated with abnormalities in the liver, blood or spleen.
There are several types of hepatitis, namely hepatitis A, hepatitis B, C, D, E, F and hepatitis G. Hepatitis caused by viruses can be acute (hepatitis A), can also become chronic (hepatitis B and C) and those that later become cancerous liver (hepatitis B and C).
Hepatitis A
The disease is often found in children and do not cause symptoms, whereas in adults causes symptoms similar to flu symptoms are like fatigue, fever, diarrhea, nausea, abdominal pain, yellow eyes and loss of appetite. The symptoms disappeared completely after 6-12 weeks. People infected with hepatitis A will be immune to the disease and do not continue to be chronic.
Transmission of hepatitis A can occur through food or water contaminated with feces, such as eating fruits, vegetables is not cooked or eating undercooked shellfish. Drinks with ice cubes that the process is tainted and not hygienic.
Hepatitis B
This disease has symptoms similar to hepatitis A are similar to flu-like loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, fatigue, yellow eyes and fever. Transmission can be through a needle or contaminated knife, blood transfusions and human bites.
Today many immunizations developed to prevent hepatitis outbreak, but the most powerful preventive measures to prevent hepatitis is to implement a clean and healthy lifestyle, eating foods that are clean and uncontaminated, and wash your hands before and after meals.
