Sunday, October 21, 2012

What are the Hepatitis B Causes



People know that hepatitis B is a disease in liver caused by the infection with hepatitis B virus or HBV. This illness is one of the most known forms of viral hepatitis that consists of hepatitis A, B, C, D and E. However, any of the viral forms of hepatitis has several other causes such as contact to certain manufacturing chemicals, fatty deposits in the liver, continuous alcohol use and some sort of medicines.

The HBV is scatter when the vaginal fluids, which include menstrual blood, semen and blood from infected individual to another person through the following ways:

Childbirth. A newborn baby can acquire the HBV from his or her mother during delivery when the baby comes in contact with the body fluids of his or her mother in times of giving birth. However, feeding your baby through breast does not spread the virus from a mother with HBV to her baby.


Toiletries. Grooming things like toothbrush and razors can be a way to scatter the HBV if they transmit blood from an infected person carrying hepatitis B virus.

Tattoos and Body Piercing. The hepatitis B virus can be transmitted when the needles used or tattooing and body piercing are not appropriately sterilized and HBV-infected blood will enter the skin of the person as the process has been made.

Sharing of Needles. Individuals who share needles and other paraphernalia like spoons, forks, cotton and even water, used for injecting illegal drugs may instill HBV infection in your blood down to your veins.

Work-Related Contact. Persons who handle instruments or blood employed to draw blood may become infected with the HBV. Most of the affected in this kind of this disease were the health care workers when they accidentally stuck with a used needle that is contaminated with the virus.

Sexual Contact. This is the most crucial factor of spreading HBV in North America.

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