Hepatitis and HIV

Question 1

Hepatitis A

Answer 1

Acute and most common

Transmission: fecel and oral - food and water

Treatment: bed rest, better nutrition, no long term liver damage

Vaccine? On request

Question 2

hepatitis B

Answer 2

Starts acute and becomes chronic

Transmission: blood, sexual contact, child birth.

Treatment: antiviral meds, chronic liver damage may lead to cancer or death

Vaccine: scheduled age 6

Question 3

Hepatitis c

Answer 3

Acute to chronic and may be no symptoms for years

Transmission: blood sharing contaminated needles and syringes, infection drug equipment

Treatment: treated and cured 90% with antiviral meds

• major cause of liver cancer
  Vaccine: no

Question 4

Hepatitis symptoms and signs

Answer 4

Fever, loss of appetite, vomiting, abdominal pain, gray coloured bowel mouvements, joint pain, yellow skin or eyes (jaundice)

• mainly affects the liver

Question 5

HIV symptoms and name

Answer 5

• name of virus: human immunodeficiency virus

Dependent on stage, flu like ( fever, headache and sore throat) , swollen lymph nodes, and related to other illnesses

Question 6

HIV Stages

Answer 6

1: lasts for weeks and acute
Not treated then next stage
Acute HIV

2: medication taken may prevent stage 3
No meds then stage 3
Chronic HIV

3: live years with treatment
No meds then live for 3 years
AIDS

Question 7

HIV Transmission

Answer 7

Sexual contact and blood

Question 8

HIV cure and treatment

Answer 8

ART - antivetroval therapy
No cure