The ABCs (D's and E's) of Hepatitis
How well you know the various forms of hepatitis could affect your health.
By Stacey Colino, Contributor |Dec. 27, 2017, at 1:28 p.m.
If you were to take a quiz about the risk factors for various forms of hepatitis or how the illness affects people, would you earn a passing grade? For many the answer is a resounding no – and that’s unfortunate because when it comes to hepatitis, what you don’t know could end up seriously harming your health.
A study in the July-August 2016 issue of the Journal of Infection and Public Health found that 137 participants responded correctly only 49 percent of the time to nine statements about how hepatitis C can be transmitted, which organs are affected and what the long-term effects are. Meanwhile, a study in a 2015 issue of the Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health found that of the 329 people surveyed, fewer than 40 percent were knowledgeable about how the hepatitis B virus can be spread, and only 33 percent knew that the majority of people with chronic hepatitis B are asymptomatic.
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