HEPATITIS A, B, C, D, E
NOTES D 2
Hepatitis _________ (1st of 3 Main Types) - Abbreviated (_______)
1. Most common ____________________ disease in the US.
2. Signs and Symptoms
a. __________________
b. Fatigue
c. ________________________ ___________
d. Loss of appetite
e. _________________
f. Diarrhea
g. _________________
3. Once you have had ______________________ ________ you cannot get it again
4. Transmission
a. Found in __________________ of an infected person
b. Usually spread to a person by putting something ________________________________ with the feces of an
________________________ person into the _____________________.
5. Prevention is ________________________________
Hepatitis ______ (2nd of Main Types) –Abbreviated (_______)
6. Most adults infected with the _________________ ________ virus fully recover and develop ________________________ immunity. Between _______% and ________% of individuals infected as adults will become
_________________ carriers, which means they will be ________________________ to others and can develop
chronic _______________ damage. Infected _____________________ , especially ________ - _______________,
are much more likely to become chronic carriers.
7. S / S
- Jaundice, ____________________, abdominal pain, loss of appetite, nausea, _________________________ ,
and __________________ pain.
- About 30% of people have no s/s. s/s are even less common in children than adults
8. Transmission
- ________________________ , sexual contact, and ____________________ to fetus
9. Complications of HBV
(a positive blood test can show 1---PAST INFECTION- which means you have been in ____________________ with
HBV and your body _____________________ it. You will now have a ______________________
_________________________ against the virus. 2---CARRIER- this means you carry HBV and can
______________ _____ ______ to others. You are at risk of ______________________ ____________________
________________________.)
- chronic hepatitis
- liver ________________________
- liver ___________________
10. Risk groups
- _______ ________________ users
- Sexually active ____________________________
- ________________________________ men
- Infants and children of immigrants from _______________________ areas
- Low socioeconomic level
- Household contacts with infected persons
- Infant born to positive mother
- ________________________________ workers
- _________________________________ patients
11. Hep. B is a disease mainly of _____________________ _______________. Most cases are reported by persons
age ________ to ________.
12. Occurrence of chronic hepatitis B is largely dependent upon the ___________ at which the disease was acquired.
________ to ________% of infants infected in the first year will develop chronic hepatitis B. That level drops to
_________ to ________% if infected between _____ and ______ and only ______ to ________% if infected as an
adult.
13. Levels of HBV
- High- ________________ , serum, wound exudates
- Medium- _________________ , vaginal fluids and _____________________
- Low- _________________ , feces, ____________________ , breast milk and ______________
14. Important stats
- death occurs in ________ to ________% of chronically infected persons due to _____________________ or
liver _____________________
- Vaccine licensed for use in US in ____________. Available since for use since ___________
- Estimated 300,000 new infections each year in the U S
- ______ ______________!!!!!
- Incubation period is __________ to ___________ days
- If you get HBV you can also develop a satellite virus called _____________---- can only replicate in cells
already infected with HBV
- Causes an estimated __________________ to _______________ deaths in the U S each year
15. Treatment for chronic infections
- _______________________ effective only 35 to 40% of the time
- Adefovir dipivoxil, alpha interferon, and lamivudine
Hepatitis C (3rd of Main Types) – Abbreviated (________)
16. A Bloodborne pathogen that is usually passed on by __________________________ use
17. Signs and Symtoms
a. Jaundice
b. Fatigue
c. ____________________ ________________
d. abdominal pain
e. loss of __________________________
f. nausea
18. Transmission is a _____________________________ ____________________________
19. Prevention
a. No ____________________
b. Not sharing _____________________
c. Carefully handling sharps
d. Standard __________________________
Hepatitis D (abbreviated ________)
20. Occurs only in persons with ________________________________ infection. Virus cannot
__________________________ by itself. Can only replicate in the presence of ___________
21. Transmission is __________________________
22. Can occur ____________________________________ with Hep. B infection (________-_____________________)
or can develop ____________________ in chronic Hep. B patients (__________________ _______________________)
23. Signs and Symptoms are _____________________________, fatigue, ____________________________________
pain, loss of appetite, nausea, ______________________ pain and ____________________
_______________________
Hepatitis E
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25.
26.
27.
Occurs in persons age __________ to __________ years
__________________________ in developed countries like the US
Signs and Symptoms are jaundice, fatigue, abdominal pain, loss of appetite, nausea and dark urine
Transmission is usually contaminated _________________________ _____________________or
_____________________. Found in __________________.
28. Prevention is _______________________________ vaccine and washing hands with soap and water after using
the _____________________ or ___________________________ _____ ____________________________.
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