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Hepatitis A is a contagious liver infection caused by a virus. Learn how the disease spreads and what you can do to prevent or treat it.
If a screening test shows hepatitis C, other blood tests can: Measure the quantity of the hepatitis C virus in the blood, called the viral load. Show the ...
Hepatitis A is a serious disease of the liver that can cause death. It is caused by the hepatitis A virus (HAV), and is spread most often through infected food ...
To diagnose toxic hepatitis, a healthcare professional takes a medical history and does a physical exam. Bring to your appointment all medicines you take in ...
Water and food contaminated with feces: That's how the hepatitis A virus spreads, causing infection and inflammation of the liver. "It tends to be something ...
Hepatitis C is a viral infection that causes liver inflammation. "If untreated, it causes permanent damage, fibrosis, and liver failure. The liver loses its ...
There is a widespread outbreak of hepatitis A in communities across the U.S. "Hepatitis A is a highly contagious virus that can cause infection and inflammation ...
Hundreds of millions of people live with chronic hepatitis and, because the infection often progresses to liver failure and liver cancer, millions die from it ...
This type of hepatitis happens when the immune system attacks the liver with destructive antibodies. Immune-suppressing medicine is the main treatment.
In the past, chimpanzees were used in hepatitis C research because the way the virus infects them is similar to the infection in humans. But ethical concerns ...
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