Types of hepatitis that you should know and how it is spread

Types of hepatitis that you should know and how it is spread - Hello, Healthy Friend! Have you ever heard of hepatitis? Hepatitis is one of the public health problems in the world, including in Indonesia, so that on July 28 is designated as World Hepatitis Day. Hepatitis is a contagious disease, therefore we need to be careful of various types of sources of the spread of this hepatitis virus.

The disease caused by this virus apparently has several types and ways of transmission. Let's find out!

1. Hepatitis A
This type of hepatitis is caused by the Hepatitis A virus which is spread by oral fecal means . A person can get it through consumption of contaminated water, raw or uncooked food, poor sanitation, and low personal hygiene . Generally this virus does not cause serious effects, it's just a headache, fever, nausea, vomiting, and without causing sequelae. But you have to be careful, healthy friend!

2. Hepatitis B
This disease is the most serious liver infection problem in the world. The hepatitis B virus that infects a patient's body can attack and damage the liver. Do you know healthy friends? 1 in 3 people in the world have been infected with this dangerous virus and every year 1 million people die from hepatitis B. Transmission can occur during labor, blood transfusions, contaminated needles, tattoos, and organ transplants.

3. Hepatitis C
The disease caused by the hepatitis C virus is the main cause of cirrhosis and liver cancer. Risk factors for transmission include blood transfusion, syringes, organ transplants, pregnant women to the fetus, and sex. Data from WHO (2017) states that 71 million people in the world suffer from chronic hepatitis C.

4. Hepatitis D
The disease caused by the hepatitis D virus (delta) is the most rare but most dangerous. This virus requires the hepatitis B virus to multiply so that this disease is only possible for people who have previously had hepatitis B. This type of virus is transmitted through contact with bodily fluids such as the blood of someone who has been infected. The only way to avoid contracting this disease is to get a hepatitis B vaccine.

6. Hepatitis E
Formerly the disease caused by the hepatitis E virus is known as Hepatitis Non A-Non B. Transmission via oral fecal which is basically through contaminated water. Symptoms of this disease are not much different from other types of hepatitis.

Well, apparently there are five types of hepatitis . The most important thing is that Healthy Friends should stay away from things that make transmission easier. Keep you personal hygiene !