Hepatitis risk factors: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Varun Kumar (talk | contribs) Created page with "{{Hepatitis}} {{CMG}} ==Risk Factors== Hepatitis can occur in any age group patients. The risk varies from one type of hepatitis to another. == References == {{Reflist|2}} [..." |
Varun Kumar (talk | contribs) No edit summary |
||
| Line 4: | Line 4: | ||
==Risk Factors== | ==Risk Factors== | ||
Hepatitis can occur in any age group patients. The risk varies from one type of hepatitis to another. | Hepatitis can occur in any age group patients. The risk varies from one type of hepatitis to another. | ||
*Infants born to mothers with hepatitis B or C | |||
*Children in daycare centers | |||
*Men who have sex with men | |||
*People who have anal sex | |||
*People who have multiple sex partners | |||
*Injecting drugs, and using shared needles | |||
*Job that involves contact with bodily fluids, such as: | |||
**Childcare workers who change diapers or toilet train children | |||
**First aid or emergency worker | |||
**Funeral director | |||
**Healthcare workers | |||
**Dentist | |||
*Receiving transfusion of blood and blood products which are not screened for the virus. | |||
*Traveling to a country where hepatitis A or E is common or where there is poor sanitation. | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
{{Reflist|2}} | {{Reflist|2}} | ||
Revision as of 17:29, 10 February 2012
|
Hepatitis Main Page |
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Risk Factors
Hepatitis can occur in any age group patients. The risk varies from one type of hepatitis to another.
- Infants born to mothers with hepatitis B or C
- Children in daycare centers
- Men who have sex with men
- People who have anal sex
- People who have multiple sex partners
- Injecting drugs, and using shared needles
- Job that involves contact with bodily fluids, such as:
- Childcare workers who change diapers or toilet train children
- First aid or emergency worker
- Funeral director
- Healthcare workers
- Dentist
- Receiving transfusion of blood and blood products which are not screened for the virus.
- Traveling to a country where hepatitis A or E is common or where there is poor sanitation.