HEPATITIS D

ALSO KNOWN AS THE HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS,IS AN INFECTION THAT CAUSES THE LIVER TO BECOME INFLAMED.THIS SWELLING CAN IMPAIR LIVER FUNCTION AND CAUSE LONG-TERM LIVER PROBLEMS,INCLUDING LIVER SCARRING AND CANCER.THE CONDITION IS CAUSED BY THE HEPATITIS D VIRUS(HDV).

1. ESTAM FORMATION UNIVERSITY, SEME CAMPUS,BENIN REPUBLIC ANTHONY-NWAEKE ABIGAIL FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES DEPARTMENT OF NURSING 300 LEVEL

2. HEPATITIS D

3. HEPATITIS D ALSO KNOWN AS THE HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS,IS AN INFECTION THAT CAUSES THE LIVER TO BECOME INFLAMED.THIS SWELLING CAN IMPAIR LIVER FUNCTION AND CAUSE LONG-TERM LIVER PROBLEMS,INCLUDING LIVER SCARRING AND CANCER.THE CONDITION IS CAUSED BY THE HEPATITIS D VIRUS(HDV). UNLIKE,THE OTHER FORMS,HEPATITIS D CAN’T BE CONTRACTED ON ITS OWN.IT CAN ONLY INFECT PEOPLE WHO ARE ALREADY INFECTED WITH HEPATITIS B.

4. THERS’S CURRENTLY NO CURE OR VACCINE FOR HEPATITIS D,BUT IT CAN BE PREVENTED IN PEOPLE WHO ARENT’T ALREADY INFECTED WITH HEPATITIS B.TREATMENT MAY ALSO HELP PREVENT LIVER FAILURE WHO’S CONDITION IS DETECTED EARLY.

5. SYMPTOMS YELLOWING OF THE SKIN AND EYES,WHICH IS CALLED JAUNDICE JOINT PAIN LIGHT-COLOURED STOOL ABDOMINAL PAIN NAUSEA AND VOMITING STOMACH UPSET LOSS OF APPETITE DARK URINE FATIGUE

6. CAUSES/RISK FACTORS YOU CAN GET THE HEPATITIS D VIRUS IF YOU COME INTO CONTACT WITH THE BLOOD OR OTHER BODY FLUID OF SOMEONE WHO’S SICK WITH IT.YET IT CAN INFECT YOU ONLY IF YOU HAVE HEPATITIS B.HDV NEEDS THE ‘B’ STRAIN OF HEPATITIS TO SURVIVE. YOUR ODDS OF GETTING HEPATITIS D GO UP IF: HAVE HEPATITIS B HAVE SEX WITH SOMEONE WHO HAS HEPATITIS B

7. MODE OF TRANSMISSION SHARING PERSONAL ITEMS(TOOTHBRUSH,RAZORS) VAGINAL FLUIDS(HAVING SEX WITH AN INFECTED PERSON) SEMEN BLOOD(SHARING NEEDLES USED TO INJECT DRUGS) BIRTH(FROM MOTHER TO HER NEWBORN) YOU CAN ONLY CONTRACT HEPATITIS D IF YOU ALREADY HAVE HEPATITIS B

8. DIAGNOSIS BLOOD TEST LIVER FUNCTION TEST(LEVEL OF PROTEIN)

9. TREATMENT THERE’S NO CURE FOR HDV YET..UNTIL DOCTOR’S COME UP WITH BETTER OPTIONS,THE DRUG PRESCRIBED MOST OFTEN IS PEGYLATED INTERFERON ALFA(peg- IFNa )

10. PREVENTION NO VACCINE CAN PREVENT HDV.THE BEST WAY TO AVOID IT IS TO CUT YOUR RISK OF GETTING HEPATITIS B. AVOID CONTACT WITH BLOOD OR OTHER FLUIDS OF SOMEONE WITH HEPATITIS WEAR GLOVES IF YOU HAVE TO TOUCH SOMEONE ELSE’S WOUND OR SORE.

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