What are?
They are viral diseases that affect the liver.
How do they manifest themselves?
√ Acute hepatitis with jaundice (yellow color of the skin and eyes) and liver pain;
√ chronic hepatitis: hepatitis B and, especially hepatitis C, can progress over the years to give cirrhosis or liver tumors;
√ status of “healthy carrier”, ie there are no symptoms but you can infect other people.
How are they transmitted?
Hepatitis A:
√ Contact with infected human feces, including oro-genital and oro-anal relations
Hepatitis B and C:
√ Unprotected sexual relations
√ Contact with the blood of infected people.
√ From an infected mother to a child (during pregnancy or childbirth).
Diagnosis
With a blood test for antibody research.
Treatment
Hepatitis A heals without complications, for hepatitis B and C that can become chronic, there are some fairly effective drugs. Vaccines exist for hepatitis A and B.