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What causes hemochromatosis?
Primary Hemochromatosis
Inherited genetic defects cause primary hemochromatosis, and mutations in the HFE gene are associated with up to 90 percent of cases.1 The HFE gene helps regulate the amount of iron absorbed from…
Embolization is a therapy to treat liver tumors by blocking their blood supply. Because liver tumors thrive on highly oxygenated blood from the hepatic artery, blocking that supply may kill it. Embolization is often used to treat tumors not amenable to surgery (liver…
What is hepatitis B?
Hepatitis* B is a virus, or infection, that causes liver disease and inflammation of the liver. Viruses can cause sickness. For example, the flu is caused by a virus. People can pass viruses to each other.
Inflammation is swelling that…
Did you know that Asian and Pacific Islander Americans and other foreign-born Americans are at higher risk for chronic hepatitis B, which can lead to liver failure and liver cancer?
What is hepatitis B?
Hepatitis B is a liver disease spread through contact with blood,…
您知道亞太裔和其他外國出生的美國人在罹患慢性B型肝炎上冒著更高的風險嗎？慢性B型肝炎可導致肝衰竭和肝癌。
B型肝炎是什麼?
B型肝炎是一種肝臟疾病，透過接觸感染B型肝炎病毒者的血液、精液或其他體液而傳播。該疾病最常見的傳播方式是由感染的母親在嬰兒出生時傳染給嬰兒。B型肝炎還可以透過性活動、傷口與傷口的接觸，以及與帶有血液的物體，如剃刀、牙刷、注射器、紋身以及在身體穿環孔的針頭接觸而傳播。
B型肝炎不會因為一般的接觸如握手或擁抱而傳播；分享食物或飲料、打噴嚏和咳嗽，以及哺乳也不會傳播B型肝炎。
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慢性B型肝炎是什麼?…
¿Qué es la hepatitis B?
La hepatitis B es un virus, o una infección, que provoca enfermedad e inflamación hepáticas (del hígado). Los virus pueden provocar enfermedades. Por ejemplo, la gripe es provocada por un virus. Es posible que las personas se contagien los virus de…
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B형 간염이란?
만성 B형 간염이란?
왜 아시아와 태평양군도 계 미국인들의 발병 위험도가 더 높습니까?
만성 B형 간염의 증상은 무엇입니까?
어떤 사람이 B형 간염에 쉽게 노출됩니까?
어떻게 B형 간염을 사전에 예방할 수 있습니까?
신생아를 B형 간염으로부터 어떻게 보호합니까?
어디서 B형 간염에 대한 자세한 정보를 얻을 수 있습니까?
저자의 말
아시아 또는 태평양군도 계 미국인 및 외국 태생의 미국인들이 간암과 간 기능 장애를 유도하는 만성 B형 간염에…
(Hepatitis B: What Asian and Pacific Islander Americans Need to Know)
Alam mo bang ang mga Asyanong- Amerikano at mga Amerikanong taga-islang Pasipiko at iba pang mga ipinanganak sa ibang bansa ay mas nanganganib para sa chronic hepatitis B, na maaaring magtungo sa kahinaan ng…
Quý vị có biết là Người Mỹ gốc Á Châu và Thuộc Đảo Thái Bình Dương và Người Mỹ sanh đẻ ở nước ngoài có nhiều cơ nguy bị bệnh viêm gan B mãn tính hơn, bệnh này có thể dẫn đến suy gan và ung thư gan không?
Viêm gan B là gì?
Viêm gan B là căn bệnh về gan truyền lan qua việc…
What is hepatitis C?
Hepatitis* C is a virus, or infection, that causes liver disease and inflammation of the liver. Viruses can cause sickness. For example, the flu is caused by a virus. People can pass viruses to each other.
Inflammation is swelling…
¿Qué es la hepatitis C?
La hepatitis C es un virus, o una infección, que provoca enfermedad e inflamación hepáticas (del hígado). Los virus pueden provocar enfermedades. Por ejemplo, la gripe es provocada por un virus. Es posible que las personas se contagien los virus de…
A hernia occurs when an organ, intestine or fatty tissue squeezes through a hole or a weak spot in the surrounding muscle or connective tissue. Hernias often occur at the abdominal wall. Sometimes a hernia can be visible as an external bulge particularly when straining or…
Highly active antiretroviral therapy or HAART, the use of multiple antiretroviral drugs to control HIV infection, has enabled HIV/AIDS patients to live longer. Most patients with HIV/AIDS today die not from AIDS-associated opportunistic…