Hepatitis B virus is 10 times more infectious than hepatitis C virus and 50-100 times more infectious than HIV.
The silent epidemic is playing havoc with the lives of millions of Indians. But those suffering from this chronic disease remain in the dark about their infection.
If a person has a weak immune system or pre-existing conditions like diabetes and psoriasis, it is advisable to stay away from beauty parlours, says Manav Wadhawan.
If you have recently lost appetite and weight and suffer from nausea and vomiting, consult an expert immediately.
Adults are as likely as children to fall prey to diseases that immunisation can potentially prevent.
'Testing is a very good strategy if only symptomatic people are transmitting the disease.' 'Here asymptomatic people, with minimum, trivial symptoms, are transmitting too.' 'Testing, treating, tracing contacts and quarantining them -- yes, it will work up to a certain extent.' 'But more important is physical distancing, hand hygiene, cough etiquette and cocooning, protecting with reverse quarantining the most vulnerable people, senior citizens, people with other major medical problems.' 'To me, that makes much more sense.'
If you are pregnant or obese you are at higher risk of swine flu.
Dr Anurag Shrimal tells you how simple lifestyle changes can keep your liver healthy.
Always boil water or at least filter it before drinking to avoid all possible water borne diseases.
'Corona will go on for more than six months now in Mumbai city.' 'It cannot vanish within just two or three months.' 'This infection may remain there in communities, somewhere or the other, like swine flu.'
Another person in Delhi has succumbed to dengue, taking the toll to 21, with his family alleging that two of the three hospitals they took him to refused to do the test for the vector-borne disease.
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