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What is Hepatitis and Why Should You Care?

Hepatitis is simply inflammation of the liver, usually caused by a virus. The liver is one of the hardest working organs in your body. When it gets attacked, everything suffers.

The Types

There are 5 types: A, B, C, D and E. The most common and dangerous in Nigeria are B and C. Together they are responsible for over 1.3 million deaths every year worldwide. Many people carrying them do not even know.

How Do You Get It?

Hepatitis A and E spread mainly through contaminated food and water. Hepatitis B and C spread through infected blood, unprotected sex, shared needles and from mother to child during childbirth.

Symptoms

Yellowing of the eyes, tiredness, dark urine, stomach pain, nausea and loss of appetite. Many people show mild symptoms or none at all, which is why it quietly damages the liver for years undetected.

Prevention

Hepatitis A and B have vaccines. Get them. Avoid sharing sharp objects, practice safe sex, drink clean water and know your status.

Can It Be Treated?

Yes. Hepatitis A and E usually clear on their own with rest and care. Hepatitis B can be managed with medication. Hepatitis C is now fully curable with the right treatment.

You are not helpless against this. Knowledge is the first step.

At RVS we understand that getting your medications discreetly and consistently is just as important as the diagnosis. We are here for that.

Health is very important.

Sign of jaundice is a symptom of hepatitis
A liver cirrhosis

Does it mean when ur eyes are yellow u now have hbv? No


Rather when u see your eyes and body start turning yellow then it might simply mean u have jundice due to high levels of bilirub.

Only a few numbers of people who get hepatitis actually show the yellow sign and it's in the first few months.

So the important message is do liver, kidneys function test, etx

GrammarNazi1:
Health is wealth.

Avoid unprotected sex.

Don't dive in raw. Don't allow raw entry.

U can ser the missi information and stigmatisation in Nigerians




80% of people who gets chronic hepatitis B actually got it when they are a baby. Its a children disease and if adult catch it u will get clear at 95% chances without no medication.
That's why children born from 2000 in Nigeria and 1990 in America get the vaccination instantly after birth


It's soo bad that if u test positive to hepatitis B in Nigeria ur own is finished as no company will want to employ u including banks et.

This is a disease in which over 80% of people that has it and remain chronic are HBeAg-negative meaning the diseases is dormant for life and they wont need any medication and they live their normal life but must not take alcohol

Health is wealth.

Avoid unprotected sex.

Don't dive in raw. Don't allow raw entry.

Hepatitis B is more deadly that HIV imo

I have been seeing topic of hepatitis b ever since this Alex news broke out. Hepatitis is not the only cause of liver cancer o, that your sugary drinks & fatty fried food u are eating all the time can give u fatty liver which will degenerate to liver cirrhosis & u won't even notice until it is at critical stage. Alcohol & fatty fried foods can cause liver cancer too if unchecked.

Nextjs:
Does it mean when ur eyes are yellow u now have hbv

some have naturally yellow eyes since time immemorial and they ain't got hepatitis or jaundice

Nextjs:
Does it mean when ur eyes are yellow u now have hbv

free all these online doctors
Don’t go and die before sickness hold u sef

The best is regular check up and trust me you will find that thing you are looking for one day

BarrElChapo:
Hepatitis B is more deadly that HIV imo

If detected on time it is not
Any sickness not detected on time can be dangerous. It doesn't apply to hep b alone

Nextjs:
Does it mean when ur eyes are yellow u now have hbv? No
Rather when u see your eyes and body start turning yellow then it might simply mean u have jundice due to high levels of bilirub.

Only a few numbers of people who get hepatitis actually show the yellow sign and it's in the first few months.

So the important message is do liver, kidneys function test, etx

Exactly
Yellow eyes are usually symptoms of Jaundice.

Average individual for naija nor fit relate with these stuff.

You wan go tell koruope driver make he nor drink coca cola or buy their usually fried meat for road!

Nextjs:
U can ser the missi information and stigmatisation in Nigerians

80% of people who gets chronic hepatitis B actually got it when they are a baby. Its a children disease and if adult catch it u will get clear at 90% chances
That's why children born from 2000 in Nigeria and 1990 in America get the vaccination instantly after birth

You are very correct
Many hepatitis b carriers are virgins
Few people get it from sexxx

You mean they contacted it after sex?
Your write-up is confusing.

Bluearrow:
You are very correct
Many hepatitis b carriers are virgins
Few people get it from sexxx

RetroviralS:
What is Hepatitis and Why Should You Care?

Hepatitis is simply inflammation of the liver, usually caused by a virus. The liver is one of the hardest working organs in your body. When it gets attacked, everything suffers.

The Types

There are 5 types: A, B, C, D and E. The most common and dangerous in Nigeria are B and C. Together they are responsible for over 1.3 million deaths every year worldwide. Many people carrying them do not even know.

How Do You Get It?

Hepatitis A and E spread mainly through contaminated food and water. Hepatitis B and C spread through infected blood, unprotected sex, shared needles and from mother to child during childbirth.

Symptoms

Yellowing of the eyes, tiredness, dark urine, stomach pain, nausea and loss of appetite. Many people show mild symptoms or none at all, which is why it quietly damages the liver for years undetected.

Prevention

Hepatitis A and B have vaccines. Get them. Avoid sharing sharp objects, practice safe sex, drink clean water and know your status.

Can It Be Treated?

Yes. Hepatitis A and E usually clear on their own with rest and care. Hepatitis B can be managed with medication. Hepatitis C is now fully curable with the right treatment.

You are not helpless against this. Knowledge is the first step.

At RVS we understand that getting your medications discreetly and consistently is just as important as the diagnosis. We are here for that.

Tinubu alone can cause you red eyes

Love800:
You mean they contacted it after sex?
Your write-up is confusing.

No just like the person I quoted said
Most people with hepatitis b got it from birth
If u do a survey, many of them were still virgins when they were diagnosed of hep b.
It is not like HIV that is primarily transmitted through sexx

No way you go reach hospital,. Doctor must to see something dey do you

Health is wealth, so take good care of your health.

Hep B Most Nigerians get it from birth. Thats why you must test for it. Contacting it as an adult the body clears it 90% of the time except your immunity is low. You can live a long lifecwith HepB without any medicine.

BarrElChapo:
Hepatitis B is more deadly that HIV imo

Thats not true. HIV is still the worst even with medication. HiV can cause several deadly cancers even for those who take their medication.

Liver n kidney function tests should be made normal routine checks in Nigerian hospitals.... So all these are noticed untime

Yellow colour of the eyes doesn't automatically means that you have hepatitis

💯 curable with herbs.
Nature heals.

Ona dey crase ooo just dey out fear for people body
I did this hepatitis B and C test last month, and its negative because of the ona useless fear when ona dey put for person body
I can't enter TikTok because of this their herb drugs

Seunpapa65:
Yellow colour of the eyes doesn't automatically means that you have hepatitis

Its an indicator or that their is jaundice or something is wrong with the liver.

While jaundice (yellowing of the skin and whites of the eyes) can be caused by hepatitis, severe malaria can also cause that by breaking down red blood cells and generating bilirubin as a product.
That said, jaundice is serious and life threatening and its presentation must be checked out to rule out more serious underlying causes like hepatitis and other diseases of the liver.

Hepatitis C is now curable
Stop misleading people

tasalanoni:
While jaundice (yellowing of the skin and whites of the eyes) can be caused by hepatitis, severe malaria can also cause that by breaking down red blood cells and generating bilirubin as a product.
That said, jaundice is serious and life threatening and its presentation must be checked out to rule out more serious underlying causes like hepatitis and other diseases of the liver.

confusion..
Is it yellowing or white of the eyes

Nigerians and their "love" for malaria & typhoid