Hep Forum Moderators:
Hepatitis A has been in the press a lot lately. 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
HepBird1:
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