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Off Topic Forums => Off Topic Forum => Topic started by: Hep Forum Moderators on October 02, 2017, 09:42:02 am
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Hepatitis A has been in the press a lot lately (https://www.hepmag.com/tag/hepatitis-a). Do you know what exactly it is?
Hepatitis A is a type of liver disease caused by the hepatitis A virus (HAV). The virus is spread from one person to another when the feces--even trace amounts of it--of someone with HAV gets into another person’s mouth. There are a number of ways that this can happen:
- Eating food-particularly food that is raw or not thoroughly cooked (shellfish, for example)-that has been handled or prepared by someone who has hepatitis A.
- Drinking water or ice that is contaminated with feces.
- Engaging in oral-anal sex (“rimming”) with someone who has hepatitis A.
- Coming in contact with blood-to-blood exposure (sharing intravenous drug injection equipment, for example). However, HAV is rarely spread through this type of exposure.
Read more...
https://www.hepmag.com/basics/hepatitis-a-basics/hepatitis-a-transmitted
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After I was diagnosed with HCV, they ran antibody checks for HAV & HBV. I had the antibody for HAV. Always figured I got it when I was a toddler/crawler. Mom said anything that moved slower then me would go in my mouth. :o