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Getting travel vaccination is necessary especially when you enter another country. Vaccines reduce the risk of getting harmful infections while traveling. You run the risk of getting into contact with rare diseases depending on your destination. You might also be required to have specific treatments to go to certain places.   Travelers often get hepatitis, usually due to excessive drinking or a viral illness. Hepatitis causes liver inflammation. Hepatitis has many varieties. Some forms pass without major side effects, while others can induce liver scars (cirrhosis), liver function loss, and liver cancer. How Many Kinds of Hepatitis are There? There are different types of hepatitis. Here are the seven most common: ·          Hepatitis A ·          Hepatitis B ·          Hepatitis C ·          Hepatitis D ...

Hepatitis is the general medical term for inflammation of the liver. There are several different types of hepatitis, including hepatitis B and hepatitis C. While both are viral liver infections that share similar symptoms, they are two separate conditions. Hepatitis B and hepatitis C also have different approaches to prevention and treatment. Hepatitis B Caused by the Hepatitis B virus, Hepatitis B is spread through bodily fluids like semen and blood. This can be through sex, childbirth, or unsafe practice with needles. Not everyone who is exposed will become ill or have symptoms. Most people will clear the infection on their own, even if they experience severe symptoms. For others, the infection can become chronic. Chronic hep B increases the risk of liver damage, liver cancer, and liver disease.  Children and babies are the most susceptible to developing chronic hepatitis B. Studies have shown that up to 90% of babies infected with hepatitis B will go on to develop a chro...

  Hepatitis A is an extremely contagious viral liver disease. It spreads through contamination through the faeces of an infected person. Though it is not so common in the UK, it takes all but one person to catch it and spread it to others. Travellers to less sanitised countries, men having sex with men and people who inject drugs are the reasons for the spread of this disease. Hepatitis A causes : Hepatitis A is a virus borne disease and the virus is spread through human faeces. It can be spread by: A meal prepared by an infected person who has not cleaned his hands while preparing the meal. Drinking water contaminated with Hepatitis A virus. Consuming raw or undercooked shellfishes which used to live in contaminated water. Close contact including having sex with someone who has the infection. Injecting drugs with contaminated equipment. Symptoms of Hepatitis A : Initial symptoms: Tiredness Feeling unwell Loss of appetite Joi...