NEONATAL HEPATITIS

- Liver inflammation among newborns, between one and two months after birth.
- 20% caused by a virus from the mother or after birth

VIRAL HEPATITIS

- It is a systemic, viral infection that causes inflammation damage to the liver. It is usually caused
by the cell death and inflammation of the liver cells.

Hepatitis A Hepatitis B Hepatitis C Hepatitis D Hepatitis E

CAUSES: Hepatitis A Hepatitis B Hepatitis C Hepatitis C Hepatitis E
virus (HAV) virus (HBV) virus (HCV) virus (HCV) virus (HEV)
MODE OF 1. Fecal-oral 1. Sexual 1.Blood Same with 1.Fecal-oral
TRANSMISSION route contact transfusion HBV since HBV route
: 2. poor through and exposure is necessary 2.Person to
sanitation vaginal to for its person
3. person to discharge and contaminated replication. contact
person seme blood 1. Sexual
contact 2. 2. Tranmission contact
4. food and Contaminated from infected through
water borne blood through partner vaginal
5. oral-anal transfusions through sexual discharge and
sexual contact and injections contact seme
3. Perinatal 2.
transmission Contaminated
from mother blood through
to newborn transfusions
and injections
3. Perinatal
transmission
from mother
to newborn

SIGNS AND -Flu-like -May occur -May occur -May occur -Flu-like
SYMPTOMS: symptoms without without without symptoms
with fever symptoms symptoms symptoms with fever
- May develop - May develop - May develop
-Preicteric joint pain and joint pain and joint pain and -Preicteric
phase: rash rash rash phase:
1. Headache - Less severe 1. Headache
2. Malaise and does not 2. Malaise
3. Fatigue have yellow 3. Fatigue
4. Anorexia skin or eyes 4. Anorexia
5. Fever 5. Fever
 - Icteric - Icteric
phase: phase:
1. Dark urine 1. Dark urine
2. Yellowish 2. Yellowish
eyes and skin eyes and skin

-Symptoms
may appear
very severe
among
pregnant
women

OUTCOME: -Usually mild - May be - Frequent - Similar to - Similar to

with recovery severe occurrence of HBV, but HAV except
-Fatality rate: - Fatality rate: chronic carrier greater very severe in
<1% 1-10% state and likelihood of pregnant
- No carrier - Carrier state chronic liver carrier state, women.
state or possible disease. chronic active
increased risk - Increased - Increased hepatitis, and
of chronic risk of chronic risk of hepatic cirrhosis.
hepatitis, hepatitis, cancer
cirrhosis, or cirrhosis, or
hepatic cancer hepatic cancer

COMMUNITY PREVENTION OF HEPATITIS A

- Proper community and home sanitation

- Individual hygiene
- Safe and clean practices for preparing and dispensing food
- Effective health supervision of schools, facilities and barangays
- Community health education program
- Mandatory reporting of viral hepatitis to local health departments
- Vaccinations

PREVENTION OF HEPATITIS B

- Continued screening of blood donors

- Usage of disposable syringes, needles, and lancelets and using needless administration of IV
medication
- Good personal hygiene
- Work areas in facilities should disinfected daily
- Gloves should always be worn when working with blood
- Health educations
- Active immunization or Passive immunization of Hepatitis B vaccine