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Hello doctor! The doctor asked me if I have been infected with hepatitis B, am I at risk of getting hepatitis A, C, D and E? Looking forward to consulting your doctor help me. I would like to thank the doctor.
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Hello! Before answering the question: “Is there a risk of getting hepatitis A, C, D and E with hepatitis B?” Please allow me to share with you some information about the types of hepatitis viruses as well as the way of transmission:
Hepatitis A virus (HAV) Virus transmitted through food or water contaminated by contaminated food or water. infection, found in the patient's stool. Therefore, the disease often occurs in places where sanitation is not guaranteed. Maintaining clean hygiene, especially washing hands before eating and after going to the toilet is one of the best ways to limit hepatitis A virus infection. Currently, in our country there is a vaccine for vaccination. hepatitis A virus. Most HAV infections have no clinical symptoms. Hepatitis A usually has a benign course, does not turn chronic, and goes away completely, but you can still get reinfected with HAV, causing hepatitis A to re-infect.
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) Hepatitis B virus is transmitted through blood (transmitted through blood transfusion, sexual contact, sharing needles, tattoos, ear piercing,...). After being infected with the virus, about 10% of infected people develop acute hepatitis, the rest have no symptoms, progress silently. The younger the infected age, the greater the rate of chronic transformation
Virus hepatitis C (HCV) Like the hepatitis B virus, the hepatitis C virus is also transmitted through blood. HCV has genetic diversity, so the virus has the ability to evade the host's immune response, leading to a high rate of chronic HCV infection > 80% of people infected.
Hepatitis D virus (HDV) This is an incomplete virus, HDV has only an RNA nucleus and an envelope of HBsAg (HBV Surface Antigen). HDV must have HBsAg to become a complete virus to cause disease.
Therefore, HDV to cause disease must be co-infected with HBV (HDV and HBV infect the host at the same time) or superinfected with HBV (HBV host body is infected with HDV), not never had an independent HDV-infected host. HBV vaccine also helps the body to prevent infection with HDV
Hepatitis E Virus Hepatitis E virus transmission is similar to hepatitis A virus, E virus is found in feces, bile of infected people and infected people. excreted in feces.
Thus, each type of viral hepatitis has different routes of infection and risk of disease, through which appropriate prevention methods will be used. People with hepatitis B virus, need to have regular check-ups with a hepatobiliary specialist, assess the condition of the disease such as liver enzymes, quantify viral levels in the blood, ultrasound of the liver parenchyma... as well as treat disease control.
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Answered by Master, Doctor Ta Que Phuong - Gastroenterologist - Endoscopy - Department of General Internal Medicine - Vinmec Times City International Hospital
