Hepatitis Presentation

AN INTRODUCTION
OF HEPATITIS
Created by: Shiela Mae M. Abella
TODAY'S AGENDA
Help answer your questions about
Hepatitis
Explain variants of hepatitis.
Explain virus/bacteria that causes
the disease.
Signs and symptoms.
Incubation periods.
Mode of transmissions.
Diagnosis.
Treatment / Management /
Prevention
WHAT IS HEPATITIS?
Hepatitis is an illness that inflames and damages

your liver. It affects how your liver does its job.
This includes making proteins and cleaning your
blood. Hepatitis is most often caused by an
infection.
WHAT ARE THE
DIFFERENT
TYPES OF
HEPATITIS?
A B C D E
hepatitis A — is hepatitis B — is hepatitis D — is hepatitis E — is a

an illness that a serious hepatitis C — is a disease that short-term
can last from a infection that can an illness that is only affects illness that can
few weeks to 6 lead to liver easily treatable people infected be serious in
months damage with hepatitis B pregnant women
WHAT CAUSES OF HEPATITIS?
Hepatitis A
Hepatitis A is an infection. It is spread
either by:
Hepatitis B
direct contact with a person who has
the illness
Hepatitis B spreads through
from eating dirty: touching the body fluids of a
food person with the disease. You can
drink have hepatitis B without knowing
ice it, and may be a carrier.
Food and drink are dirty when they have
germs from the faeces (poo) of an
infected person. This can happen when
the water supply isn’t clean. It also
happens when people don’t wash their
hands properly after using the bathroom.
Hepatitis E
Hepatitis C Hepatitis E can be caught
Hepatitis C is usually by eating undercooked
Hepatitis D pork (pig) products. In
caught from blood. This
Hepatitis D only affects developing countries,
may be: between
people who already have hepatitis can be spread
intravenous drug users, or
hepatitis B. through limited access to:
between a mother and her
baby. clean water
sanitation
health services
WHAT ARE THE
SIGNS AND
SYMPTOMS OF
HEPATITIS?
The hepatitis viruses cause similar signs of illness.
Depending on the type of hepatitis you have, your
symptoms may include:
jaundice — a yellowing of the skin and eyes
tiredness
nausea and loss of appetite
abdominal pain
joint pain
fever
clay-coloured stools (poo)
dark urine (wee)
You can also have hepatitis without any symptoms.
THE INCUBATION PERIODS OF
HEPATITIS
MODE OF TRANSMISSION
Common modes of transmission for these viruses include

receipt of contaminated blood or blood products, invasive
medical procedures using contaminated equipment and for
hepatitis B transmission from mother to baby at birth, from
family member to child, and also by sexual contact.
HOW IS HEPATITIS DIAGNOSED?
Your doctor will talk to you and examine you for signs of hepatitis. Hepatitis can
be confirmed by blood tests.
You can talk to your doctor if you think you may have a chance of being infected
with hepatitis. Also discuss prevention if you’re planning to travel overseas.
TREATMENT / MANAGEMENT /
PREVENTION
How is hepatitis treated?
There is no specific treatment for hepatitis A. Getting better
can be slow and can take several weeks or months.
If you have chronic hepatitis B you can take medicine to lower
your chances of getting liver disease. Most people who take
medicine can live well with hepatitis B.
Medicine for hepatitis C cures most people. The treatment is
simple to take. It works in 12 weeks.
Hepatitis D medicine helps to stop the disease progressing. It
also focuses on treating your symptoms.
There is no specific treatment for hepatitis E.
Can hepatitis be prevented?
Hepatitis A can be stopped by vaccination. Before travelling,
check with your doctor if you need travel vaccinations.
Hepatitis B can be stopped by vaccination.
There is no vaccine to protect against hepatitis C.
The hepatitis B vaccine also protects against hepatitis D.
Hepatitis E can be stopped by:
good hygiene practices
not drinking water or ice that could be dirty
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AN INTRODUCTION

Hepatitis is an illness that inflames and damages

hepatitis A — is hepatitis B — is hepatitis D — is hepatitis E — is a

Common modes of transmission for these viruses include

Thank you so much for watching my

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