Questions tagged [hepatitis]
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How likely are you to get infected with Hepatitis C from coming into contact with objects contaminated with blood?
Lets say that someone with a small fresh cut/wound touches an object that has been contaminated with Hep C blood and then touches his wound(the virus comes in to contract with the wound).What are the ...
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Why the FDA-approved drug label for sofosbuvir mentions "Without cirrhosis or with compensated cirrhosis" as indication?
SOVALDI is a hepatitis C virus (HCV) nucleotide analog NS5B polymerase inhibitor indicated for the treatment of:
- Adult patients with genotype 1, 2, 3 or 4 chronic hepatitis C virus
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Why is there no hepatitis F?
There is hepatitis A, B, C, D, E, and G. Why did they decide to skip F? All I can find online is that there is no hepatitis F virus, but that doesn't explain why there is hepatitis G and not hepatitis ...
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Is the AST/ALT ratio a valid method to detect hepatitis C and cirrhosis?
I am currently studying the AST/ALT ratio and its ability to detect hepatitis and cirrhosis.
I read some articles about this topic and they all seem to consider this ratio quite useful, but I also ...
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Can acute liver failure be caused by an alcohol binge?
This might seem like a silly question but I've been searching on google and pubmed but not really gotten a clear answer to this.
I understand the long term effects of alcohol in causing alcoholic ...
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I have natural immunity to Hepatitis B. Do I pose risk to others?
Some time ago I was rejected as donor and received following rejection letter:
Just wanted to inform you that there was a positive infectious disease
result for Hepatitis B. Unfortunately, we ...
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Tattoo on person with hepatitis b
Is it ok for a person with hepatitis b to get a tattoo? What are the risks? Will it make the condition worse?
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can a person get infected by Hepatitis B while taking Hepatitis B vaccine
can a person get infected by Hepatitis B while taking Hepatitis B vaccine if the needle is infected with Hepatitis B virus.
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Can virus and bacteria survive in soda water? (carbonated water)
I was wandering if it is possible for soda to be contaminated by viruses/bacteria originating from water that was used to produce it. I have to specific questions:
Can jaundice virus/bacteria survive ...
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High Risk Of Death When Contracting Hepatitis A After Contracting Hepatitis C
Is it true that there is a high risk of death if one contracts Hepatitis A after they contract Hepatitis C? If so, you'd think there ought to be more noise about this in health publications and also ...
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Are you at risk of Hep C because you were born between 1945 1965?
I saw on a website that being born between 1945 and 1965 put at risk of hep c but I could find know proof. Can someone please answer?
This is the website I found it on, http://www.cdc.gov/features/...
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Hepatitis B transmission
If a man with hepatitis B has oral sex with a woman (giving or receiving), can the woman get infected?
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Hepatitis B symptoms in less than a week?
I've read that hepatitis B symptoms in otherwise healthy adults typically present themselves between 6 weeks and 6 months, with one site indicating as early as 2 weeks.
How rare would presentation of ...
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