Worldwide, there are an estimated 1.4 million cases of hepatitis A every year.3
The word “hepatitis” means “inflammation of the liver”. When someone gets hepatitis, the liver’s ability to function becomes compromised.
If you’ve been walking this planet for the last decade, you may have heard of the term “hepatitis” thrown around followed by a letter. There are actually several different viruses that cause several different types of hepatitis diseases–hepatitis A, B, C, D, E, F (unconfirmed), and possibly G. Some symptoms are similar, however there are different modes of transmission for these viruses and they can affect the liver in different ways. Hepatitis A, hepatitis B (HepB vaccine), and hepatitis C, are the three types you hear about the most often. While the two latter forms more often cause a chronic condition, hepatitis A tends to appear more often as an acute (short-lived) disease.
