Gujarat Earthquake Post your messages here on the health board Hepatitis an Overview Transmission - Contact with something, usually food or water, contaminated by the feces of an infected person. But some infected people have no symptoms. Treatment - Bed rest and increased intake of fluids. Infections can be prevented if immune globulin, which is a preparation of antibodies and is given within two weeks of exposure to the virus.
Vaccines are available.
Hepatitis B Transmission - Direct contact with infected blood or bodily fluids, such as from sharing drug needles or having sex with an infected person. Babies can be infected by their mothers during birth. Symptoms - Jaundice, fatigue, abdominal and joint pain, loss of appetite, nausea and vomiting. Can lead to cirrhosis of the liver and liver cancer, however most people infected with the virus do not develop chronic infection. Some people never develop symptoms.