Hepatitis A to G
Chapter One
Hepatitis A to G
AN INTRODUCTION
On your right side, just above your intestines in front of your
kidneys and under your rib cage beneath your lungs, lies the most
complex organ in your body: your liver. In most adults, it weighs
around three pounds, making it by a considerable margin your largest
internal organ. Blood is constantly flowing through this organ-in
fact, all the blood in your body flows through it to process useful
nutrients and get rid of toxins.
Any irritation of the liver, anything that makes it in-flamed, is
called hepatitis. But the term is most commonly used to describe a
group of infectious diseases caused by a handful of different
viruses that attack the liver. These viruses, and their effect on
the liver, are the subject of this book. There are vaccines for some
of these viruses, but not for all. Some of the diseases they cause
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