{"id":95546,"date":"2015-07-28T10:36:34","date_gmt":"2015-07-28T08:36:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/95546\/quick-facts-about-hepatitis\/"},"modified":"2015-07-28T10:36:34","modified_gmt":"2015-07-28T08:36:34","slug":"quick-facts-about-hepatitis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2015\/07\/28\/quick-facts-about-hepatitis\/","title":{"rendered":"Quick facts about Hepatitis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>What is hepatitis?<\/strong><br \/>\nHepatitis is the inflammation of the liver and in some cases, can progress to liver cancer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What causes it?<\/strong><br \/>\nThe most common causes for hepatitis is hepatitis viruses. Other causes for it include toxins such as alcohol and excessive consumption of alcohol, which damages the liver.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>The five types of viral hepatitis<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Hepatitis A &amp; E<\/p>\n<p>You get hepatitis A &amp; E viruses by consuming food or water contaminated by faecal matter. This kind of hepatitis is common in Middle East.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>\u2022 Hepatitis B<\/p>\n<p>The hepatitis B Virus (HBV) is transmitted through exposure to infected blood, semen and other bodily fluids. Mothers infected with the virus can also pass it on to their babies as well.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Hepatitis C<\/p>\n<p>The hepatitis C Virus (HVC) is also a blood borne viral infection. You can get this through contaminated injections during medical procedures or drug use.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Hepatitis D<\/p>\n<p>You can only get the hepatitis D virus if you are infected with HBV. Hepatitis D is particularly unique because it needs HBV in order to replicate. This dual infection can result in you contracting a more serious disease.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Common Symptoms<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Flu \u2013 like symptoms<br \/>\n\u2022 Fatigue<br \/>\n\u2022 Abdominal pain<br \/>\n\u2022 Weight loss<br \/>\n\u2022 Yellow skin &amp; eyes<\/p>\n<p>Vaccinations for Hepatitis A and B are available, it is recommend for all to get vaccinated from a young age. There is no vaccine for hepatitis C and D, but both viruses can nonetheless be prevented.<\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='eedf878eecbbbe73ed23a06194660fd7'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In light of World Hepatitis Day, prevention through knowledge is better than a cure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":95547,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Caxton Central","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[8013],"class_list":["post-95546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-world-hepatitis-day-hepatitis-causes"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["world hepatitis day. hepatitis causes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95546"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95546\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}