Can Insect Bites Spread Hepatitis?
The warmer weather is here and so are those pesky flies and insects. Learn if you should be worried about being infected with viral hepatitis from insect bites. by Nicole Cutler, L.Ac. Regardless of how technologically advanced a culture is, the viral hepatitis epidemic seems to be enveloping the globe. Of particular concern to the healthcare community, the viruses that cause chronic hepatitis are the most troublesome. Chronic infection with Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C can progress to advanced liver disease, a fate involving cirrhosis, liver cancer or liver failure. A vehicle for transmitting some types of viruses, some people worry that an insect bite could pass on viral hepatitis. Since many cases of chronic viral hepatitis are incurable, hepatitis prevention takes center stage. However, even the most prepared have trouble preventing insect bites. Because scientists know that Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C are primarily spread via blood- to-blood contact, all possible breaches of the ski
