I have recently been diagnosed with something called minocycline induced hepatitis with autoimmune tendencies. I took a mild antibiotic (minocycline) for acne for about 3 years which caused hepatitis. The odd thing is that it caused autoimmune hepatitis which took forever to diagnose. It’s supposed to be very rare but I was wondering if anyone knew anything about it or have heard of someone having it. It doesn’t have to be caused by minocycline though because I had a bad flair up after taking amoxicillin.
Sara
This particular type of hepatitis is one of the most spread diseases in the world when hepatitis is concerned. Almost 200 million people all over the world suffer from hepatitis C. In countries that are not yet fully developed, hepatitis C can be spread during some medical procedures, through the contamination of the blood. However, most people develop hepatitis C because of drug use, intravenously. Another frightening thing about hepatitis C is that is the most common cause of the final stage in liver disease. This type of hepatitis is expected to affect many more people in the years to come, although there has been noticed a decrease in both mortality and developing of hepatitis C.
The most common way to get hepatitis C is through the exposure to contaminated blood or any blood products. In some countries, more than half of all hepatitis C cases come from the use of intravenous drugs. On the other hand, when cases of hepatitis C are talked about on a worldwide level, the primary cause of infection with hepatitis are medical procedures. Either is a blood transfusion with contaminated blood or a vaccine with contaminated needle, they all are causes of hepatitis C. Far more worse than this is that in some contries, the contamination with hepatitis C has been made through a national program which was actually trying to help people. There was a vaccination campain against schistomiasis, where the needels were reused, thus infecting many people with hepatitis C. A controversial case in either sex or prenatal transmission of hepatitis C are risk factors in the case of hepatitis. Studies have shown that the transmission of hepatitis C in these cases is not that big, but if hepatitis C is accompanied by another disease that is transmitted sexually, the risk of developing hepatitis is much greater.
Like all hepatitis cases, hepatitis C type has also an incubation period of about two months, after the person has been exposed to the hepatitis virus. Also, more than half of the hepatitis C infected persons will not develop any symptoms of hepatitis. However, if hepatitis symptoms do occur is some persons, they are very mild and non specific. Because of this, doctors can not diagnose hepatitis C in its acute state, and more than 90 percent of all hepatitis C acute patients will come to develop chronic infection.
For more resources about hepatitis c information please review http://www.hepatitis-guide.com/ or even http://www.hepatitis-guide.com/causes-of-hepatitis-c.htm
Tim
Hepatitis C is a severe illness that affects the liver and can lead to serious complications such as liver cancer. Millions of people have the hepatitis C virus in them, but some of them are only experiencing mild symptoms and they can live with it. However, others are seriously affected by this illness and it kills them slowly. If it’s not treated it can lead to cirrhosis, and the liver almost stops functioning.
If the hepatitis C has reached an advanced phase or cirrhosis, then it can’t be cured, and the purpose of the treatment is to try to slow its progress and reduce the damage it does to the liver.
It is known how the hepatitis C virus can be transmitted from one person to another, but the exact causes of hepatitis C are still not known entirely.
Hepatitis C causes the liver to inflammate. There are many viruses that can inflammate the liver if they get into the body. Hepatitis C can be caused by all these viruses, it can’t be said that a specific virus causes it, because it’s more like a family of viruses.
The hepatitis C virus can be taken from another person who has it in the blood by blood to blood contact with that person. Blood to blood contact can be done by sharing the same needle in an injection, by having unprotected sexual intercourse, by getting a tattoo with a needle that was used on others, or even by using the same razor or toothbrush, if the persons that use it get cut while shaving, or if their gums bleed while tooth brushing.
Alcohol, certain toxic chemicals and drugs are also risk factors because they can inflammate the liver. Sometimes liver inflammation occurs from a medicine overdose, but this doesn’t happen too often.
A few cases of hepatitis C appeared because of uncontrolled blood transfusions. The blood from the donor was not checked for the hepatitis C virus. Current laws severely punish this nowadays.
The risk of getting the hepatitis C virus is increased in prisons, where many times the sterilization is inadequate. This can also happen in military institutions, although in modern times inadequate sterilization is prevented as much as possible.
In the past the risk of getting hepatitis C was very increased, because people didn’t know much about it, but nowadays the risk of getting hepatitis C from a blood transfusion or from an unsterile needle is almost close to zero in medical institutions. Unfortunately, a lot of people use the same syringe when they take drugs, and more are having unprotected sex. If you stay away from the risk factors mentioned above the chances of becoming infected with the hepatitis C virus substantially decrease.
If you want to find out more resources about causes of hepatitis c or even about hepatitis c treatment you should visit this website http://www.hepatitis-guide.com
Suzanne
Hepatitis C is a medical condition that shows no symptoms in many of the people that come in contact with the hepatitis C virus. Although there are symptoms which indicate hepatitis C, many doctors may also mistake them for other condition symptoms. Hepatitis C is a condition that can lead to liver diseased and even liver damage.
Some of the symptoms for hepatitis C can be fatigue, nausea, headaches and even memory loss from time to time. There are a lot of cases where people who had those hepatitis symptoms were diagnosed incorrectly because the doctors could not figure out that they actually had a hepatitis C infection. This is a very serious condition that hides its roots well. The main way of the hepatitis c virus spread is through blood. This hepatitis virus can also be passes down from mother to fetus, but these are less common cases of hepatitis C. Because hepatitis C is a silent condition , many people come to suffer from severe liver damage. You can have the hepatitis C virus, but because there are no hepatitis symptoms not even know that. The hepatitis virus has a period of incubation of about 180 days and afterward hepatitis C sets up. The hepatitis virus shows no signs that he is there and slowly starts to damage your liver. Many people realize that they have hepatitis C after they have come to chronic hepatitis stage.
There is no vaccine that can help you prevent the infection with hepatitis C virus. So all one can do to prevent hepatitis C is to avoid all the risk factors. If the hepatitis C virus is contacted, your body will try to fight it. However, the hepatitis virus can mutate and evade your immune system. As many as 80 percent of the people that are infected with the hepatitis C virus will not be able to destroy it completely. There are hepatitis C treatments available, but unfortunately they do not work for all the hepatitis patients. Some people are not able to support the mediation that must be taken in case of infection with the hepatitis C virus. There are also side effects of the hepatitis C treatment that must be taken into consideration. Doctors still search for an effective hepatitis C treatment. The most recent discovery in a hepatitis C treatment is a genetically engineered drug which must be comnined with another drug called ribavirin.
For more resources about hepatitis c symptoms please review http://www.hepatitis-guide.com/hepatitis-c-transmission.htm or even http://www.hepatitis-guide.com/hepatitis-c-treatment.htm
Rita
