Liver and Hepatitis A,B,C ,D,E.....?

Hepatitis:

Hepatitis D is caused by the virus "HDV"You can only get hepatitis D if you are already infected with hepatitis B.

You get hepatitis E by drinking water infected with the virus.This type of hepatitis doesn't occur often in the United States.

Hepatitis A is caused by eating food and drinking water infected with a virus called "HAV".

Hepatitis B is spread through contact with an infected person's blood, semen or other body fluid.

Hepatitis C is spread the same way as hepatitis B, through contact with an infected person's blood, semen or other body fluid.

Most people who get hepatitis A are never even aware of it because they never show any symptoms.

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Hepatitis G

Often patients with hepatitis G are infected at the same time by the hepatitis B or C virus, or both. In about three of every thousand patients with acute viral hepatitis, HGV is the only virus present. There is some indication that patients with hepatitis G may continue to carry the virus in their blood for many years, and so might be a source of infection in others.
Since hepatitis G is a blood-borne infection, prevention relies on avoiding any possible contact with contaminated blood. Drug users should not share needles, syringes, or other equipment.
HGV, called hepatitis GB virus, was first described early in 1996. Little is known about the frequency of HGV infection, the nature of the illness, or how to prevent it. What is known is that transfused blood containing HGV has caused some cases of hepatitis. For this reason, patients with hemophilia and other bleeding conditions who require large amounts of blood or blood products are at risk of hepatitis G. HGV has been identified in between 1-2% of blood donors in the United States. Also at risk are patients with kidney disease who have blood exchange by hemodialysis, and those who inject drugs into their veins. It is possible that an infected mother can pass on the virus to her newborn infant. Sexual transmission also is a possibility.