What are the different types of viral Hepatitis?
Hepatitis A How common is Hepatitis A? Hepatitis A accounts for about 50% of known viral hepatitis cases in the United States each year. In the United States it is estimated that about 80% of persons over 60 years of age have previously been exposed to hepatitis A at some point in their lives. Most people are not aware they have had hepatitis A. How is Hepatitis A spread? Hepatitis A is passed in the stool from a bowel movement. You could get hepatitis A by: • Touching an infected person’s stool (for example, changing an infected baby’s diaper), and then eating or drinking with your hands. • Eating food made by someone who touched infected stool. • Drinking water or ice cubes made dirty by infected stool (a problem in developing countries). • Having anal sex with an infected person. • Kissing a person infected with hepatitis A (less likely). Who can get Hepatitis A? Although anybody can get hepatitis A people who are most likely to include: • People living with someone who has hepatiti
