Australian Vaccination Network, Inc. Disease Definition There are several different hepatitis viruses that can cause liver infections and damage.
Hepatitis B is one of these. Hepatitis B, which can be found in the body fluids of infected people, spreads through: sexual contact;sharing drug injecting equipment, toothbrushes or razors;from mother to babies during childbirth;and unclean facilities used for tattooing and body piercing. Symptoms can show between 1 to 12 weeks after infection and they include: weakness;tiredness;poor appetite;nausea and/or vomiting;abdominal discomfort/pain;muscle and joint pain;skin rashes;jaundice (yellow colouring of eyes, skin and urine);and dark urine and light faeces. Most people recover from the acute infection but may carry the hepatitis B virus long after recovering from symptoms. Hepatits B is generally caused by either unprotected sexual contact or contact with infected blood.
The first dose of Hepatitis B vaccination is administered to infants at birth to within 72 hours of birth. Australian Vaccination Network, Inc. Disease Definition According to medical information, Chickenpox is a viral infection in which a person develops extremely itchy blisters all over the body.
It used to be one of the classic childhood diseases. However, it has become much less common since the introduction of the chickenpox vaccine. Most children with chickenpox have the following symptoms before the rash appears: Fever Headache Stomach ache The chickenpox rash occurs about 10 to 21 days after coming into contact with someone who had the disease. The blisters are usually first seen on the face, middle of the body, or scalp After a day or two, the blisters become cloudy and then scab. Most pox will not leave scars unless they become infected with bacteria from scratching. Some children who have had the vaccine will still develop a mild case of chickenpox. Chickenpox – the other side Most ten-year-old children with negative or unknown histories of chickenpox are immune. PMID: 11734718 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] J. Shingles. Vis-adenovirus.pdf (application/pdf Object)
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