Hepatitis

Hepatitis B is a viral infection caused by the hepatitis B virus that attacks the liver and can cause both acute and chronic disease. It is an infectious disease. Some people with hepatitis B never clear the virus and many of these people appear healthy but can spread the virus to others. The virus is transmitted through contact with the blood or other body fluids of an infected person.

Hepatitis C is a contagious liver disease that ranges in severity from a mild illness lasting a few weeks to a serious, lifelong illness that attacks the liver.