Hepatitis A is an enterovirus that is transmitted by a orofecal route. A root such as contaminated food is an easy way for Hep A to be transmitted. The virus causes an acute form of hepatitis and as a result does not contain a permanent stage. Once a person is infected their bodies immune system will make antibodies against the virus that confer immunity against future Hepatitus A infection. Currently a vaccine is available that can prevent infection from hepatitis A for life.

Three out of four people with Hep A will show the symptoms. Below is a list of some of the most common symtoms:

• Fever
• Dark urine
• Jaundice
• Nausea
• Tiredness
• Loss of appetite
• Stomach ache
• Vomiting

Currently There is no specific treatment for Hepatitis A. With that said rest is always recommended during the severe phases of the disease when the symptoms are most at large. Hepatitis A can easily be prevented by keeping good hygiene and sanitation. Like earlier mentioned a vaccination is also available. This vaccination is recommended in areas of the world where the likelyhood of hepatitis A is large.

Here is a quick and no-nonsense list of ways to prevent Hepatitus A:

• Only Drink water from approved sources
• Always use a dental dam or sheet of plastic wrap during rimming
• Always Cook shellfish thoroughly before eating
• Always Keep bathrooms clean and disinfected after every use
• Wash hands thoroughly with soap and warm water before preparing or eating food, and after sexual activity.

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Not many of us know about something that is common between Evil Kenivel and Naomi judd along with thousands of other lesser, known mortals. Well the answer is Hepatitis. Both stars have or had the virus, in particular the hepatitis c. there are basically three types that infect people every year. However in order to reduce the risk, it’s important to understand the causes and effects of this virus n body.

It’s a very easily spread virus which causes inflammation of the liver. The infection might be acute, with the body recovering in less then six months. Or it might be chronic, which means the virus lasts in the body for about six months or even more.

Different types of Hepatitis are caused by different types of viruses. All of these respond to medication and treatment differently. Although the infection is usually preventable and most who acquire usually recover, yet it is a major health concern. Mostly it’s considered dangerous because of the damage it may cause to a persons liver tissue and the ease with which it spreads from one to another.

It may seriously affect the immunity of the body and damage the liver even causing liver failure, cancer and even death.

Most important is to realize that one form of hepatitis is different from another. While hepatitis A spreads by contaminated food or water, but on the other hand C is spread only through body fluids or during birth.

Just like the causes, their treatment is equally different. Although, all the forms of Hepatitis have different symptoms, differentiating one from the other, yet for the most part they have similar symptoms. If you experience any of these symptoms, it is advisable to seek immediate medical attention. To begin with get it tested, so that treatment may begin if required.

Although not all types have the same symptoms yet they do share some common symptoms like dark urine, yellow skin or eye whites, also referred to as jaundice, low grade fever, loss of appetite and feeling sick. Loss of nutrition might also be caused by the virus.

Other more unique symptoms are stomachaches for those with B and C only. Yellow or pale colored stool affects those with hepatitis a and c, aching joints is more common for the patients with hepatitis B.

Because of the similarity in symptoms, self-diagnosis of the type is not easy and hence medical tests are required. However knowing the symptoms helps, as Hepatitis a has no real treatment and has to be waited out and thus one must know the usual symptoms, deviation from which is a sign of a different infection.

Prognosis in case of Hepatitis is vitally important. Most people with infection do recover in six months or so, yet in some cases it may take a longer time.

Amongst the various things that a person with infection and wishing speedy recovery should do, is to avoid alcohol. Alcohol and drugs add excessive burden to the already weak liver, trying to heal itself from the virus.

Regular visits to the doctor, monitoring the functioning of liver are equally important. Patients have a vital role in recovery and hence an open relationship with the doctor is extremely important and any new symptoms should be immediately expressed
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Hepatitis by Djehuty Ma’at-Ra

Hepatitis is an inflammatory condition of the liver. Hepa is Latin for “liver” and the English suffix “itis” means inflammation. Hepatitis is characterized by other pathologies such as jaundice, abdominal and gastric discomfort, hepatomegaly, and dark urine (which is a sign of severe acidosis).

What causes hepatitis? Answer: Toxemia! When an organ like the liver becomes overly toxic, it becomes inflamed and the inflammation causes the organ to enlarge.

The liver is one of the body’s five eliminative channels (or six eliminative channels if you’re a woman). It is the major filtering organ in the body and performs over 500 functions. And because the liver secretes certain substances, it is also a gland. All toxins are first counteracted or attacked by the liver. The liver does a great job of fighting toxicity until it gets overwhelmed and allows less toxic substances to slip through into the body via the blood while it fights the most deadly toxins in a Divine gesture to save the host body.

Certain toxins such as cigarette smoke, alcohol/beer/wine, pharmaceutical drugs, so-called Vitamin C, illegal drugs (cocaine, heroin, PCP, etc.), birth control pills, car exhaust and fumes, carbon monoxide, household cleaning supplies chemicals, and cosmetic and hygiene product chemicals greatly sabotage the health of the liver. These things make the liver work harder and overtime.

And let’s not forget about the toxins from the SAD (Standard American Diet). Meats are heavily saturated with toxins including cancer causing sodium nitrate and nitrites, synthetic female hormones, and chemical dyes. Dairy products contain cow feces and synthetic female hormones.

Meat (slaughtered animal flesh), dairy (cow snot/mucus/pus), and starch (stiffening agent) create acids that cause inflammation throughout the body and which in turn causes the excess production of mucus in the body.

The liver is the body’s first line of defense. This is why it is imperative that the liver remain healthy. You cannot live and experience optimal health without a clean and well functioning liver. In fact, if you remove the letter “R” from the word “liver”, what new word do you now have? Answer: L-I-V-E!!!

Hepatitis is nothing but a man-made medical term to describe a problem of the liver. And nowadays, there are variations of this disease with alphabets attached to the ending of the word, such as hepatitis A, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C, all of which are alleged viruses. And what does the word “virus” really mean? Answer: poison! So to Djehuty, hepatitis is nothing but a joke, for I know that hepatitis means that there is mucus obstructing the liver and at the same time there is plethora of toxins saturated in the liver. In a nutshell, this is what hepatitis is.

And God forbid a person is that na ve or ignorant to accept a hepatitis vaccine shot in order to allegedly help fight hepatitis because the hepatitis vaccine itself is laced with toxins or poisons. Therefore, a hepatitis vaccination or inoculation defeats the whole purpose.

It is also important that I mention that a toxic liver can play a role in depression (bipolar disorder) if not outright be the cause of depression. Ever heard of the term “melancholy”? Melancholy is two words: “melan” and “choly.” Melan = “black” and “choly” = bile. Melancholy means black bile. Bile is originally green and very alkaline and is produced by the liver and stored in the gallbladder and released into the digestive tract to neutralize acids. However, black bile is acidic and is stored in the Fourth Brain of the body which is located at the Third Chakra (sometimes referred to as the Fourth Chakra) called the Solar Plexus located at the belly above the belly button (navel). The Fourth Brain (Solar Plexus) is your “feeling” brain, which explains that “gut” feeling or “butterflies in the stomach” sensation/feeling you experience from time to time. If the Fourth Brain is impaired, so are the other three brains located in the head where the nervous system headquarters is located. The human body is truly interconnected and wholistic.

An important note on bile – dark-green colored stools/feces sunk at the bottom of the toilet is not a good or healthy sign. People suffering from depression are very acidic (toxic) individuals.

Liver transplants? Why you would have to be out of your mind to even consider such process and operation. How is removing one person’s toxic liver and giving it to another person going to help a person? Outright insanity! Removing one toxic liver and then replacing it with another toxic liver! Sheer medical insanity! Poor former NFL player and Chicago Bears running back Walter Payton! He didn’t have to die. Payton allegedly died of a unique liver disease. However, in all actuality, Payton died of ignorance to the truth (there’s healing for every disease known to man).

Liver transplanting is big business nowadays. They are totally unnecessary when you have knowledge of the voluminous amounts of natural hepatic (pertaining to the liver) herbs in Nature.

Liver transplanting is big business nowadays. They are totally unnecessary when you have knowledge of the voluminous amounts of natural hepatic (pertaining to the liver) herbs in Nature.

Healing hepatitis naturally

Excellent hepatic or liver herbs include: Milk Thistle seeds, Dandelion Root, Boldo leaves, Artichoke, Turmeric, Oregon Grape, Barberry, Goldenseal root, Bupleurem, Gentian, Fenugreek seed, Chanca Piedra, Fringetree bark, Wahoo bark, Liverwort, Blue Flag, White Peony, Celadine, Agrimony, and Quassia Chips to name a few. By far, the three (3) best herbs for the liver are Milk Thistle seeds, Dandelion root, and Boldo leaves. Milk Thistle seeds is the equivalent of taking the liver out of the body and washing it in a washing machine.

Many individuals are consuming synthetic Vitamin C today which provides absolutely NO Vitamin C or other nutrients. In fact, most Vitamin C sold commercially and conventionally is nothing but ascorbic acid made in a laboratory and consuming this particular Vitamin C will greatly toxify and tax your liver. Real Vitamin C is found in Nature (Rose Hip seeds, Hibiscus flower, Acerola cherry, Camu fruit, Alma fruit, Capsicum fruit, etc.).

Question: if your Vitamin C is derived from Ascorbic Acid, where is the Ascorbic Acid derived from? God does not make pure mono-structured ascorbic acid. But man does and here lies your problem.

Coffee enema

The coffee enema works wonders for the liver. It can be performed once a month. Coffee (organic, of course) makes the liver dump off toxins like a dump trunk. This process is one of the best healing methods for a toxic liver. Worried about caffeine? Well, when coffee is administered through the rectum, caffeine is not absorbed in the body. Caffeine is only absorbed when coffee is drunk via the mouth. Singer Janet Jackson performs coffee enemas. Janet knows something very beneficial about coffee enemas. Also, coffee enemas are great for overcoming hangovers and migraine headaches.

Castor oil pack

The castor oil pack process is one of my favorite liver cleansing methods. You apply castor oil on your liver (externally, of course) and then put a piece of plastic over it (gets very sticky) and then you place a hot pack over it and let it sit for about two (2) hours. This process is performed lying down and under a towel or some newspaper as the oil will slide down on the side of the body. The castor oil pack process can also be performed monthly or every 3-4 months.

Activated Charcoal (Carbon)

Carbon or Activated Charcoal is the best substance on Planet Earth that we have right now that cleanses the body in general and the liver in particular of toxins. Carbon is some very powerful stuff! It is very alkaline and neutralizes toxins, heavy metals, and harmful gases 2,000 times its own weight. This is why we include Carbon in our Full Body Detoxification Kit. The Kit would be incomplete without it.

Olive and Castor Oil

Olive oil lubricates and purifies the liver and helps dissolve hardened calculi (stones) such as kidney, bladder, and gallstones. A tablespoon of olive oil can be consumed daily or as needed. Castor oil performs the same function as olive oil but is also anthelmintic (anti-parasitic) in nature as castor oil suffocates worms and parasite in the colon and liver.

Fasting

Fasting is also a good choice and method for cleansing the liver. Fasting purifies the bloodstream which in turn purifies all the organs in the body, especially the eliminative organs (colon, liver, kidneys, lungs and skin).

In closing, the liver is an organ that is naturally saturated with toxins due to the voluminous amounts of poison/toxins we consume daily. The liver always contains filth. Mothers, do you understand now why children don’t or didn’t like eating liver for dinner? As a little boy, I hated eating liver and really never ate it. When you eat an animal’s liver, you’re eating the most toxic part of the animal.

And beware of all these liver products on the market at health food stores. My little brother was taking some liver cleansing pills back in the mid 1990s that were derived from bovine (cow, ox). He didn’t have a clue until I read the bottle. The major ingredient of this particular liver product was “bovine liver.” Now how can consuming a cow’s liver clean your human liver? Sheer insanity and asininity! And my little brother paid more than $60 dollars for that crap.

There are plenty of natural things and processes that can help a person to heal 100% from hepatitis, mainly herbs. My good friend Bro. Sheik Mamoud Bey told me a few months ago how a good friend of his who had hepatitis whom he gave a Full Body Detox to and who completed the three week process and regimen and went back to the doctor for a checkup and was told by the doctor that his hepatitis was gone. I have helped many people with so-called hepatitis with either the Full Body Detox or our Liver-Gallbladder-Spleen formula and Vitamin C Combo formula. So I’m saying on the record and to the American public that hepatitis (A, B, and C) is easy to be healed from with herbs and diet modification.

Do you know why actor/comedian George Burns could smoke cigars and drink alcohol and still live to be 100 years of age? Answer: because in addition to laughing (which is great medicine), he cleaned his liver and colon almost every single weekend with liver cleansing herbs and by performing high colonics (now called “colonics”) and enemas. The man was smart (in this respect) and knew something the average person didn’t know. However, what George Burns knew and applied, I just divulged in this brief article.

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Many Hepatitis C patients experience extreme fatigue throughout the course of the disease. And many people in this world are addicted to caffeine. Therefore, most scientists are now telling doctors not to remove their patients from caffeine as is found in coffee. This addiction is relatively harmless in the eyes of most doctors. However, there is increasing evidence that trying to end this addiction “cold turkey”, as has been recommended by most doctors for patients who have been afflicted with Hepatitis C, is harmful to a patient’s blood pressure and overall health.

Instead, coffee should be limited to between two and four cups a day, consumed early in the morning. Most doctors believe that you should have no more than 600mg of caffeine each day, so the number of actual cups of coffee depends on the type of coffee you prefer to drink. The freshness of the coffee beans and the strength of the particular brew can also affect the amount of caffeine in the coffee.

In addition, many doctors feel that cutting caffeine from hepatitis c patients cold turkey can be extremely time-consuming. These patients can be so concerned with avoiding the caffeine that they don’t concentrate as much on other, more harmful lifestyle issues. These issues, including smoking, doing illegal drugs, and drinking alcohol, should be ceased immediately and require more attention from the patient than the relatively harmless caffeine.

For most people, drinking coffee helps to keep them alert and awake. Many Hepatitis C patients experience extreme fatigue throughout the course of the disease. Some doctors are therefore recommending that their hepatitis c patients drink coffee in order to counteract this fatigue without the use of medications that can become harmfully addictive.

Recently, though, researchers have begun questioning the need to cease caffeine intake at all in Hepatitis C patients. In fact, studies are beginning to show that the caffeine found in coffee is actually beneficial to these patients. In Hepatitis C, high levels of the serum Alanine Aminotransferase can cause significant liver damage. Recent studies have shown that caffeine found in coffee is reducing the levels of this serum found in patients.

One such study was done by researchers at the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. This large study showed that the risk of elevated serum levels decreased with each additional cup of coffee. Drinking at least two cups of coffee daily had the highest level of benefit. However, if patients drank no coffee or only decaffeinated coffee, they did not achieve the same results.

Why it is proving that coffee and caffeine block the production of this serum is unknown at this time. However, it has been speculated that the caffeine blocks a receptor found in both the brain and the liver. This may help the body become immune to some of the effects of Hepatitis C that cause the increase in this serum.

In conclusion, there is currently no scientific evidence that drinking coffee causes problems for people with C type Hepatitis. In fact, the possibility of drinking coffee in moderation being helpful for such patients seems to be increasing.
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Randy has more articles on coffee and coffee beans at Total Coffee Information such as Coffee Enemas.

Canine Infectious Hepatitis
By Ron Swerdfiger

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What is Canine Infectious Hepatitis?

The word hepatitis refers to an inflamation of the liver. First reported in 1947, Canine Infectious Hepatitis (CIH), is a caused by canine adenovirus. Almost every dog will come in contact with the virus at least once in their life time. The virus may pass through the dog, causing little to no adverse effects, or the virus may be so severe, the dog will die within hours of initial symptoms.. CIH effects the liver, lymphoid system and blood vessel walls.

How Can Canine Infectious Hepatitis Spread?

Most often CIH is spread through direct contact with the virus usually through urine, feces or saliva. Though direct contact with an infected dog is the most common transmission of CIH, bites from mosquitoes, fleas, and tics are also know to transmit the virus. The incubation period of the virus is only a few weeks, however, CIH can be passed through the urine up to one year after infection.

What Are The Symptoms Of Canine Infectious Hepatitis?

Depending on the severity of the infection symptoms can include

Minor symptoms
- loss of appetite
- pale feces
- fever
- nasal and eye discharge
- coughing
- temporary corneal opacity Blue eye

Severe Symptoms
- abdominal pain, – — vomiting, diarrhea,
- edema (subcutaneous fluid swelling) of the head and neck
- jaundice

Are All Dog At Risk To Canine Infectious Hepatitis?

Yes. Most adult dogs with healthy immune systems can produce antibodies that can fight the virus. However CIH can remain in the dogs system up to one year after infection. Since the CiH is an infectious virus, a known infected dog should be properly treated and quarantined.

What Is The Treatment For Canine Infectious Hepatitis?

At this time, there is no cure for the actual virus which causes CIH. Treatment mainly consists of controlling spread and severity of secondary ailments such as, vomiting, diarrhea and fluid discharge. In most cases the virus runs its course in a couple days. In severe cases treatment will involve antibiotics and liver treatment.

Is There Any Way To Prevent Canine Infectious Hepatitis?

Have your dog vaccinated!!! Pups should be vaccinated at 6 weeks of age, and re-vaccinated every 3-4 weeks until 16 months old. Adult dogs should be vaccinated every year. Like most contagious viruses, prevention is often the only viable solution. Due to mass vaccination of domesticated dogs, CIH has decreased dramatically in North America, and therefor has become less of a hazzard..

Ths website only provides BASIC information about canine distemper, your veterinarian is always your best source of health information. Consult your veterinarian for more information about Canine Distemper and its prevention.

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Hepatitis C is a stealthy virus that mutates while hiding in liver cells and other organ cells like the spleen and gall bladder. The fact that the viral cells “hide” makes it very difficult for the body’s immune system to eradicate it. Hepatitis C is a slowly progressing disease sometimes taking many years until symptoms are noticeable. It is at this point that the virus has reached advanced chronic stage and becomes difficult to eradicate. Hepatitis C results in 8,000 to 10,000 deaths annually. Hepatitis C is also the leading cause of liver transplants in the U.S.

Hepatitis C infection is caused by blood contact with someone who has the virus infection himself. The transmission of the virus can occur by illicit drug use with needles, sharing toothbrushes or razors with an infected person, by sexual means, by unsanitary tattooing or by exposure to blood at your workplace (like a hospital or blood bank). Some HCV infection may have been caused by receiving blood from a transfusion prior to 1992.

Hepatitis C is diagnosed via a blood test. Usually, the first thing that is noticed is that the liver enzyme levels for ALT and AST are elevated well above normal levels. Further investigation via HCV-RNA testing identifies whether the Hepatitis C virus is in your blood or not. Other tests for HCV include qualitative viral load tests, which measure the RNA particles in your blood. If you are being treated for HCV, your doctor is probably using either a HCV-RNA or viral load test to determine the effectiveness of the treatment.

The symptoms of Hepatitis C infection often do not occur in a person until 20 years after he/she had been infected. Since the HCV infects the liver and the liver is the organ in the body that makes all the energy for our daily activities possible, liver function deterioration often results in fatigue. Fatigue is the primary complaint or symptom of HCV infection. Other more severe symptoms are jaundice (yellowing of the skin/eyes), bile retention (which can cause jaundice), portal vein hypertension, skin rashes and itching, and autoimmune problems resulting from your body’s immune system attacking normal cells.

Long term HCV infection may result in fibrosis or even cirrhosis of the liver. Fibrosis results from unchecked liver inflammation. As the HCV infection progresses, the damage to the liver results in scarring or hardening of the liver cells (fibrosis). Long term fibrosis may lead to cirrhosis which is when the scarring from fibrosis overtakes the normal liver cell structure causing deformity and loss of function in the liver. About 15%-20% of HCV patients end up with cirrhosis. A liver biopsy is currently the most accurate means of determining the amount of inflammation and fibrosis the liver has sustained.

Hepatitis C progression in the body can take several years or even decades to come to chronic stage or to a stage where severe liver damage is evident. This period of time allows a person to determine how to properly treat the disease and to decide on a course of disease management. Currently, the main treatment for HCV infection to eradicate the virus is combo alpha-interferon and Ribavirin. Sometimes a doctor may prescribe interferon alone. Interferon comes in standard form or in pegylated form. Standard form interferon is administered 3 times per week, while the pegylated form is administered only once per week. Your body makes its own interferon, which is a protein that fights viral infection and viral replication.

Hepatitis C may often be managed by taking herbal and vitamin supplements that help your body fight infection and limit inflammation. These supplements help your liver with the inflammation and give it the nutrients it needs to regenerate healthy new cells. Your doctor can recommend alternative or adjunct solutions you may want to try.

Proper treatment of the disease, a healthy and active lifestyle, a good diet, abstinence from alcohol and stress management are important factors in controlling Hepatitis C progression.

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Greg Lietz is a freelance writer and internet businessman. He has interests in special health concerns and in the self-help industry. Visit his blog about hepatitis c and other liver related conditions to learn more.