Hepatitis

Hepatitis is a liver disease. There are more than one type of Hepatitis such as Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, Hepatitis D, and Hepatitis E. Some Hepatitis symptoms are hard to detect such as Hepatitis C symptoms. We will discuss Hepatitis symptoms, Hepatitis C transmission, Hepatitis virus of different types and Hepatitis vaccine in later sections.

Some types of Hepatitis are common in the United States, others are more common in developing countries.

What does Hepatitis mean?

The word hepatitis simply means an inflammation of the liver without pinpointing a specific cause. Someone with hepatitis may:

• have one of several liver disorders, including viral or bacterial infection of the liver
• have a liver injury caused by a toxin (poison)
• have liver damage caused by interruption of the organ's normal blood supply
• be experiencing an attack by his or her own immune system through an autoimmune disorder
• have experienced trauma to the abdomen in the area of the liver

Below are different types of Hepatitis which we will discuss in more details.

• Types of Viral Hepatitis
• Hepatitis A
  • Hepatitis A Symptoms
• Hepatitis B
  • hepatitis b vaccine
  • hepatitis b symptoms
  • hepatitis b virus
• Hepatitis C
  • Hepatitis C symptoms
  • hepatitis c transmission
  • hepatitis c treatment
  • hepatitis c virus
• Autoimmune hepatitis