Is liver disease contagious

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An aunt was recently diagnosed with liver disease, often feel no appetite, loss of appetite, has been in active treatment, but I don't know whether liver disease will be infectious, let me tell you whether liver disease will be infectious.

Is liver disease contagious

First: this problem depends on the specific situation. Some similar to fatty liver, alcoholic liver, drug-induced hepatitis are not communicable, while viral hepatitis A, hepatitis B, hepatitis C are all communicable. All patients with viral hepatitis need to be prepared to prevent the spread of the disease.

Second: infectious: viral hepatitis (including hepatitis A, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, hepatitis D, hepatitis E, of which hepatitis A and hepatitis E are transmitted through the digestive tract, and the rest are transmitted through blood, sexual contact, mother to child vertical transmission, etc.). Hepatitis B, C and D are likely to be infected through sexual contact. Hepatitis D is rare.

Third: hepatitis is a highly infectious disease. Generally speaking, hepatitis can infect other people, and it is very easy to infect and spread. Many people are unconsciously infected with hepatitis, causing a lifetime of pain.

matters needing attention

First of all, we need to make it clear that liver disease is a large category, including hepatitis A, hepatitis B and fatty liver. Among them, viral hepatitis (such as hepatitis B) is infectious, while fatty liver and alcoholic liver are not.