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Hepatitis and my liver

The term ‘hepatitis" implies an inflammation and impaired function of the liver. There are many causes of hepatitis including several infectious agents, toxic substances including ...
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Hepatitis B is a blood borne infection transmitted through contaminated body fluids. It affects 0.1% to 0.5% of low risk people in the US (128,000+ annually) and 200 million individual worldw...
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Some explanation on hepatitis C

Hepatitis C is a relatively newly discovered form of liver disease that has recently received considerable public attention and media coverage. The virus was not discovered until 1988 and rel...
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Viruses taking over your blood

What are blood borne viruses? Blood borne viruses - called BBVs - are mainly found in blood or bodily fluids. The main BBVs are human immunodeficiency (HIV), hepatitis B and...
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