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World Hepatitis Day
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Every year July 28 is celebrated as World Hepatitis Day. Hepatitis Day is celebrated in order to spread awareness of this disease and the severity of the disease can be gauged by the fact that every 30 seconds one person dies in the world due to a disease related to hepatitis. Every day more than six thousand people lose their lives because of the hepatitis virus.
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Hepatitis is an infectious disease of the liver.
Hepatitis is one such infectious disease of the liver. The problem of hepatitis, usually caused by a viral infection, causes swelling of the liver. It can also be due to many other reasons such as autoimmune diseases, in which case your body begins to damage the healthy tissues of the liver.
Hepatitis A, B and C were the most common cases reported.
It is caused by infection with the hepatitis A virus (HAV). This infection occurs due to contaminated food or water.
The hepatitis B virus (HBV) is thought to be responsible for the problem of hepatitis B. Hepatitis B infection is usually short-lived.
Similarly, hepatitis C infection is caused by the hepatitis C virus (HCV). This can happen by contact with body fluids such as blood or semen.
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