What is hepatitis A?and what is hepatitis B?

do you know how hepatitis A and B are transmitted?
why should every Asian and Pacific Islander know about hepatitis B and liver cancer?
what is the symbol of the Jade Ribbon?
what are the symptoms of hepatitis B?

Hepatitis A is a food borne hepatitis. It comes from fecal oral transmission. Yes, that means poop in your food. Hepatitis B is a bloode borne hepatitis. It is highly contagious in blood to blood transfer. There is a vaccine for this so no one should really get it anymore! Make sure you are vaccinated, you can get a titer drawn at the doctors office. Symptoms of any hepatitis are dark urine, light colored stool, yellow eyes, Nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, fatigue.

there is also a hepititis C, D,&E

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/hepat...

You ask too many questions. Find the answers for yourself. Run a search, oh lazy one.

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