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This site is about the three main types of viral hepatitis effecting gay men and mainly focuses on how they are passed on sexually. Here you will find basic facts about these infections - if you need more detailed information you can check out the links listed to other hepatitis web pages. Information for heterosexual men and women can be found here.
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‘Hepatitis’ means ‘inflammation of the liver’. Your liver plays an important role in making your blood, getting rid of unwanted substances from the body, helping your body get the goodness from food and giving you energy.
The different types of hepatitis covered in this site are caused by different viruses that often cause similar symptoms and can be passed on in similar ways. But these viruses are completely different from each other and having had one (or being vaccinated against one) doesn’t protect you from the others.
All three kinds of hepatitis can make you very ill. For some people they can be fatal. But it’s possible to be vaccinated against hepatitis A and B. Other precautions can stop hepatitis C being passed on.
This website tells you:
more about Hepatitis
A, Hepatitis B and Hepatitis
C
how the viruses affect your body
how you can prevent these viruses from being passed on.
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At the moment there is no news of particular hepatitis outbreaks in the UK.
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