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Hepatitis B Definition - Diseases and Conditions - Mayo Clinic - 0 views

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  • Hepatitis B is a serious liver infection caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV).
  • For some people, hepatitis B infection becomes chronic, meaning it lasts more than six months.
  • Having chronic hepatitis B increases your risk of developing liver failure, liver cancer or cirrhosis — a condition that causes permanent scarring of the liver.
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  • Most people infected with hepatitis B as adults recover fully, even if their signs and symptoms are severe.
  • nfants and children are more likely to develop a chronic hepatitis B infection.
  • A vaccine can prevent hepatitis B, but there's no cure if you have it. If you're infected, taking certain precautions can help prevent spreading HBV to others.
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Hepatitis A Definition - Diseases and Conditions - Mayo Clinic - 0 views

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  • Hepatitis A is a highly contagious liver infection caused by the hepatitis A virus. The hepatitis A virus is one of several types of hepatitis viruses that cause inflammation that affects your liver's ability to function.
  • You're most likely to contract hepatitis A from contaminated food or water or from close contact with someone who's already infected.
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      shaneep110 on 05 Sep 14
       
      The Person's stool is what gets you infected.
  • Practicing good hygiene — including washing your hands often — is one of the best ways to protect against hepatitis A. Effective vaccines are available for people who are most at risk.
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      shaneep110 on 05 Sep 14
       
      Rule Number one of Health Care - Wash Your Hands!
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  • serious MRSA infections are rare, and most infections can be treated easily.
  • serious MRSA infections are rare, and most infections can be treated easily
  • MRSA stands for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Staphylococcus aureus is a type of bacteria with lots of different strain
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  • MRSA stands for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Staphylococcus aureus is a type of bacteria with lots of different strains.
  • What makes the MRSA different from other staph bacteria is that it has built up a resistance to most of the antibiotics doctors usually use to treat staph infections. (Methicillin is a type of antibiotic, which is why the strain is called "methicillin-resistant.")
  • MRSA usually affected people with weakened immune systems, like people living in nursing homes and other long-term care facilities.
  • People at greater risk for becoming infected with this germ are those who spend a lot of time together in groups, such as in schools, college dorms, or military barracks.
  • When lots of people come together and are likely to touch the same surfaces, have skin-to-skin contact, or share equipment that has not been cleaned, an infection can spread faster than it would otherwise.
  • MRSA is contagiouscontagious during a skin infection. Sometimes, people can be "carriers" of MRSA, which means the bacteria stay on or in their body for days, weeks, or even years. They can spread it to others, even if their skin looks normal. That's hand washing is so important.
  • The good news is that MRSA infections are rare in teens. And if a healthy person does get one, a doctor can treat it.
  • easy to prevent MRSA from spreading by practicing simple cleanliness.
  • Wash your hands
  • a cut or broken skin, keep it clean and covered with a bandage.
  • Don't share razors, towels, uniforms, or other items that come into contact with bare skin.
  • Cover shared sports equipment with a barrier (clothing or a towel) to prevent skin from touching it
  • Call the doctor if: You have an area of skin that is red, painful, swollen, and/or filled with pus. You have an area of swollen, painful skin and also feel feverish or sick. Skin infections seem to be passing from one family member to another (or among students in your school) or if two or more family members have skin infections at the same time.
  • MRSA infections can need different medicines and approaches to treatment than other staph infections. For example, if a person has a skin abscess caused by MRSA, the doctor is more likely to have to drain the pus from the abscess in order to clear the infection. In addition to draining the area, doctors may prescribe antibiotics for some people with MRSA infections.
  • People with infections also can help prevent other bacteria from becoming resistant to antibiotics in the future by taking the antibiotics that have been prescribed for them in the full amount until the prescription is finished (unless a doctor tells them it's OK to stop early). Germs that are allowed to hang around after incomplete treatment of an infection are more likely to become resistant to antibiotics.
  • Many strains of staph bacteria are quite common. Most people have staph bacteria living on their skin or in their noses without it causing any problems.
  • Most of these heal on their own if a person keeps the wound clean and bandaged. Sometimes doctors prescribe antibiotics to treat more stubborn staph infections.
  • MRSA skin infections often develop around open sores, like cuts, scrapes, or bites; but they also can occur on intact skin. Red, swollen, painful bumps appear that sometimes weep fluid or pus. Some people also develop a fever.
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    Some one used this so my highlights are pink and there's is blue.
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