Hepatitis: Get the Facts
Hepatitis is a serious virus that affects
your liver. The most common forms of the virus are hepatitis
A, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C. Hepatitis is transmitted
through blood and body fluids. This can happen in a number of ways including
sexual contact, body piercing, and tattooing. Often, hepatitis has no noticeable
symptoms. You might not even realize that you have it. Left untreated, however,
hepatitis can lead to serious liver damage.
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Additional Information:
Viral
Hepatitis Information from the CDC: The Center
for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for
Infectious Diseases provides a great deal of information
about hepatitis on its Web site. The Division of Viral
Hepatitis is the Public Health Service component that provides
the scientific and programmatic foundation for the prevention,
control, and elimination of hepatitis virus infections
in the United States, and assists the international public
health community in these activities.
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