New Info On Hep

Hepatitis is not always sexually transmitted in fact there are several other ways you can get it:

signs and symptoms:
hepatitis is an inflammatory process involving the liver. Hepatitis, in its early stages, may cause flu-like symptoms. These symptoms may include malaise (a general ill feeling), fever, muscle aches, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and jaundice. Some people may have no symptoms at all and may not even know they're infected.
If hepatitis progresses, its symptoms begin to point to the liver as the source of illness. Chemicals normally secreted by the liver begin to build up in the blood. This causes jaundice (a yellowing of the skin and whites of the eyes), foul breath, and a bitter taste in the mouth. Urine turns dark or "tea-colored," and stools become white, light, or "clay-colored." there also can be abdominal pain, which may be centered below the right ribs (over a tender, swollen liver) or below the left ribs (over a tender spleen).
Description:
the word hepatitis simply means an inflammation of the liver, without pinpointing a specific cause. Someone with hepatitis may be suffering from one of several disorders, including a viral infection of the liver; liver injury caused by a toxin (poison); liver damage caused by interruption of the organ's normal blood supply; or trauma.

Most commonly, hepatitis is caused by one of three viruses: the hepatitis a virus; the hepatitis b virus; or the hepatitis c virus. In some cases, 'mononucleosis' can also result in hepatitis.

In children, the most common form of hepatitis is -hepatitis a,- also called "infectious hepatitis." this form is caused by the hepatitis a virus (hav), which lives in the stools of infected individuals. When someone touches or eats anything that is contaminated with hav-infected stool, the virus can pass into the body through the mouth. This makes it easy for hav to spread in overcrowded, unsanitary living conditions. Hav also spreads in contaminated water, milk, and foods, especially in shellfish. Because hepatitis a can be a mild infection, particularly in children, it is possible for some people to be unaware that they have had the illness. In fact, although medical tests show that about 40% of urban americans have had hepatitis a, only about 5% recall being sick.
-hepatitis b-, also called "serum hepatitis," is caused by the hepatitis b virus (hbv). Hbv spreads through infected body fluids, such as blood, saliva, semen, vaginal fluids, tears, breast milk, and urine. Infections may occur through a contaminated blood transfusion (uncommon in the united states), shared contaminated needles or syringes for injecting drugs, or sexual activity with an hbv-infected person. Hbv-infected mothers can also pass the virus to their newborn babies.
-hepatitis c- is spread by direct contact with an infected person's blood. It can be spread by sharing drug needles or getting a tattoo or body piercing with unsterilized tools, blood transfusions (especially ones that occurred before 1992; since then the u.S. Blood supply has been routinely screened for the disease), or from mother to newborn. Hepatitis c is also a common threat in kidney dialysis centers. Less commonly, it is spread through sexual contact. Rarely, people living with an infected person can contract the disease by sharing items that might contain that person's blood, such as razors or toothbrushes.

(there are other viruses that can cause hepatitis, including hepatitis e. These viruses are known as "non-abc hepatitis" because most of them have not been completely identified.)
all of these viral hepatitis conditions can be diagnosed and followed through the use of readily available blood tests.

Monocleosis:
very often teenagers catch monocleosis(or mono) usually spread through saliva, like sharing eating utensils,straws and intimate kissing..Etc some people call it "the kissing disease"
signs and symptoms:
when people think of infectious mononucleosis, or "mono," they often think of extreme tiredness as one of the major symptoms associated with this illness.

Other typical symptoms of infectious mononucleosis in children are:
fever
sore throat
enlargement of lymph nodes (usually in the neck, armpit, and throat)
sore muscles
enlarged spleen (the organ - located under the ribcage on the left side - that functions as a blood filter and antibody producer)
loss of appetite and generalized weakness also may be present, especially in adolescents. Nausea, 'hepatitis', jaundice,severe headache, stiffness, chest pain, and difficulty breathing can occur in some cases. A pink rash can occur all over the body in children who have been treated with ampicillin or amoxicillin.

Younger children may have few or none of these symptoms; instead they may have nonspecific symptoms like fever, slight malaise, and loss of appetite. Adolescents are more likely to exhibit the classic symptoms described above. Some may experience extreme fatigue, staying in bed for more than a week because they feel too weak even to walk around the house.

Infectious mononucleosis is generally a self-limiting disease, which means it goes away on its own in most cases. Occasionally mono can cause complications...

If you or your partner have or have had mono that can sometimes lead to hepatitis usually acute hepatitis, and whichever person had mono and got hepatitis probably transferred it to there partner through sex or any of the above ways to get it.

If you have had a positive hepatitis test make sure your partner and maybe family members get tested also.

If you have hepatitis you should get tested to see if you have acute or chronic. Acute goes away and chronic can get very serious.