Psychology 2075 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Liver Disease, Blood Test, Harm Reduction
10 Feb 2017
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A,b and c are all completely different hep a is fecal-oral transmission, vaccine available, clear on your own hep b, transmission through blood and body fluids, 85% clear virus on own, vaccine available. When you have had hep for about 20 years+, it begins to have some detrimental effects. 170 million people worldwide living with hep c the majority of people who have hep c are marginalized communities, specifically those who are addicted to drugs that are used through needles etc. How is it transmitted unregulated tattoos, sharing tattoo or piercing equipment hep c can live in syringes for up to 2 weeks. 70% of injection drug users have hep c. Testing two blood tests: antibody test and rna test antibody test: people have it, but sometimes their body can clear it. Rna test: second test that can show if they"re body has cleared it if both tests are positive, a person has hepatitis c.
