yap! using this title for this post may not have the serious implications i want to convey but honestly! you must get used to me and the way i talk and write, in this case. last october 1… i went, with friends, to kinetics medical clinic to participate with our church’s activity…it’s conquer-hepatitis-day for us!!! and after extensive research…err, reading from the leaflet the clinic’s staff gave us here are some important infos you might like to know between hepa A and B:
HEPATITIS A
*MODE OF TRANSMISSION: intake of contaminated food or water; person-to-person direct transmission
*SYMPTOMS: severity varies with the individual: include fever, loss of appetite, weight loss, physical weakness, vomiting, headache, muscle aches. in severe cases: jaundice, tea-coloured urine, etc.
*LONG-TERM IMPACT: children and young patients can recover automatically without any long-term impact. the convalescent period takes months and some patients can suffer from relapses. in severe cases, patients may be hospitalized for weeks.
*VACCINATION SCHEDULE: first shot-on any designated day; second shot-six to twelve months after the first shot
HEPATITIS B
*MODE OF TRANSMISSION: mother-to-infant transmission at or around the time of delivery; blood contact; sexual contact
*SYMPTOMS: similar to hepatitis A
*LONG-TERM IMPACT: five percent of people infected with hepatitis B will become chronic carriers, of which one-fourth will finally die of liver cancer or cirrhosis.
* VACCINATION SCHEDULE: first shot-on any designated day; second shot-one month after the first shot, third shot-six months after the first shot
and if you are wondering what were the findings of my rapid blood test for hepa B antigen and antibody..well, it’s really confidential you know but the vaccination didn’t hurt me…only just my wallet, hahaha!
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