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6 days ago · When hep B or C enters your body, it targets your liver cells. The hep B and hep C viruses replicate themselves in the liver, which harms the liver cells. After many years the damage can turn into scars. These scars can build up and become cirrhosis. The good news is, treatment for hep C is easy and many people are already cured.
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May 17, 2024 · May is Hepatitis Awareness Month and Bridgett talked to Dr. Jarod Fox from Orlando Health Infectious Diseases on Friday. He explained the major differences between hepatitis A, B and C, as well as ...
4 days ago · Hepatitis B. Like hepatitis A, hepatitis B (HBV) is a communicable liver infection (which is caused by the hepatitis B virus). However, the main difference between the two is that HBV can become a chronic, long-term illness for some, causing serious health issues like cirrhosis or liver cancer. The CDC advises that the best way to avoid ...
May 21, 2024 · Hepatitis B. Hepatitis B is a much more severe and longer-lasting disease than hepatitis A. It may occur as an acute disease, or, in about 5 to 10 percent of cases, the illness may become chronic and lead to permanent liver damage. Symptoms usually appear from 40 days to 6 months after exposure to the hepatitis B virus (HBV).
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May 17, 2024 · Heplisav-B is the only two-dose hepatitis B vaccine approved for adults. Engerix-B requires three shots over a six-month period.. Heplisav-B and Engerix-B are both recombinant hepatitis B vaccines given by intramuscular (IM) injection, but Heplisav-B, approved in November 2017, contains an adjuvant, an agent that can help to boost the immune response to the vaccine.
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May 23, 2024 · Deaths. 820,000 resulting from hepatitis B (2019) [1] Hepatitis B is an infectious disease caused by the Hepatitis B virus (HBV) that affects the liver; [1] [6] it is a type of viral hepatitis. [7] It can cause both acute and chronic infection. [1] Many people have no symptoms during an initial infection.
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3 days ago · Hepatitis C is a liver disease caused by HCV. Hepatitis C can range from a mild illness lasting a few weeks to a serious, long-term illness. Fast facts. Hepatitis C is one of the most common types of viral hepatitis in the United States. It is estimated that more than 2.4 million people - and as many as 4 million people - had hepatitis C from ...