The very basic prevention is always washing your hands with soap and
water after using the bathroom, changing a diaper, and before preparing
and eating food. HAV can be simply killed by soap and clean water. Hepatitis
A vaccine is common now a day in the world, thus further treatment is
not common anymore. However, Short-term protection against hepatitis
A is available from immune globulin. It can be given before and within
2 weeks after coming in contact with HAV.
Type B:
The prevention of Hepatitis B includes vaccines, proper use of condoms
if you have multiple or unstable sexual partners. Pregnant female should
run through a Hepatitis B test before giving birth. Do not share personal
things such as razor, knife and nail picker etc that may contain blood
on them. Vaccines for Hepatitis B are available and are used commonly
at birth.
Type C:
The prevention of Hepatitis C is similar to Hepatitis B. An important
point is that there is no known vaccines known to Hepatitis C. Infected
people can take interferon and ribavirin which are two
drugs licensed for the treatment of persons with hepatitis C. Interferon
can be taken alone or in combination with ribavirin. Also, combination
therapy, using pegylated interferon and ribavirin, is currently the
treatment of choice. The combination therapy can get rid of the virus
in about 50-80% of the cases, depending on the types.
Type D: prevention and treatment are similar to Hepatitis B
Type E: prevention and treatment are similar to Hepatitis A
