no it can be controlled

There are differnent types of hepatitis, but one thing they all have in average is that they can all be controlled so that symptons don't appear as often. It's also one of those disease that can go away, but then come back, but either way, you could never be completely cured from it, unless your body somehow miraculously rids it on its own.

There are dissimilar kinds of hepatitis. If you will be a bit more specific, we could perhaps offer more help.



EDIT: I would just like to make an edit to Gemma. You are wrong, my dear. Hepatitis C can be treated at any stage. Having it for 3 months or less makes no difference at all. My mother had Hep C for 31 years and succesfully treated and cured it. She has been free of the virus for 8 years now. (She contracted it from a blood transfusion in the late 1960's.) So, I don't know where you got your information from, but they were misinformed.

What type of hepatitis are you referring to? Hepatitis A is a self limiting virus; in other words you obtain it, obtain sick, and then recover from it. It takes months and you could get very ill & weak, but the bulk people recover from it, if it doesn't kill them. People with compromised immune systems or other forms of hepatitis are at risk for grave illness or death from hepatitis A.

For hepatitis B, the bulk people (85%) who become laid bare to the virus clear it via their own immune system. The other 15% or so go on to have chronic, active hepatitis B. Hep B (HBV) can be managed with drugs such as lamivudine, or adefovir which need to be taken for life. Pegasys is a Hep C drug that is having some response for people with HBV. It is taken for a year. About 40% of those with HBV can clear it on Pegasys.

Hepatitis C (HCV) in the bulk people (80-85%) becomes a chronic, lifelong infection. It can be treated with Pegasys (which is pegylated interferon shots weekly) and everyday Ribavirin pills. This is a mild form of chemotherapy which is successful in 50 - 80%+ of those who try it, depending on their genotype. In the bulk cases, HCV can be managed as long as a healthy lifestyle is maintained. People with HCV should not drink alcohol, as that makes the undermine to the liver increase quickly and causes the virus to replicate.



In response to one of the previous answerers: you implied that people with hepatitis should obtain off the drugs. Many people obtain hepatitis via blood transfusions before the blood supply was screened, accidental needlesticks via working in the medical field, pnuematic vaccinations in the military (Vietnam vet era), and via other means. IV drug use is only one of a lot ways to transmit HCV, so please don't make generalizations about people with HCV. Someone close to you may have it , but may not yet be diagnosed.

Best wishes.

hepatitis A yes...in couples of week, not cronic effect...



hepatitis B: 0.1% dies , 89.9% is cured, 10% liver cirrhosis, 1-3% liver tumor . there is a vaccine!



hepatitis C at 50-70% moves to cronic hepatitis..