Is hepatitis c a infectious disease?

Allentown

YES!!!! And there is no cure!



Tivoli

i don't believe in disease, viruses, death



Salem

YES!!! it is a blood borned pathogen. This is a Liver attacking disease that has no known cure.



North York

Yes but usually if you do not DRINK alcohol at all, you will be OK. There are many different strains and they are transmitted via BLOOD so sex is not usually a problem unless it gets rough. A certain GENO TYPE can be treated successfully so that it will not longer be detectable.



Belvidere

yes requires blood contact. Shared needles, sex, other blood exchange.



Lake Minchumina

if you come in contact with infected blood yes but other than that no but can rarely be spread through intercourse but not kissing



West Reading

It is very infectious and can be deadly if not treated. Do not go around someone with this. If you believe you have been exposed, be tested.



McAdenville

Yes, hepatitis C is spread by infected blood, commonly through sharing needles for drug use. It can also be transmitted by unprotected sex, but sexual transmission of hep C is very rare. Hep C is not transmitted through saliva or casual contact.



Zurich

Yes it is. It can be transmitted sexually or by sharing dirty needles when doing drugs.

What is the policy of the usa if you have an infectious disease?

Cusick

lol ok last question i think i got a good topic in my head now. If you do have an infectious disease what is the USA doing to keep it from spreading, let say you found out you had SARS and was still healthy enough to go on a dream trip to France, how do they keep you from going there, or keep them from coming here? If ordered to quarantined next week, and the person does not want to go, can the person still buy a plane ticket and fly? Im gonna try to make my topic the policies of the USA on controlling infectious disease.



Amidon

The US isn't going to do much unless its a major public health concern (such as your example, SARS). ITs really not common as most people take the advice of health care providers who will tell you not to travel or go out in crowded places. So, its usually the person's choice to quarenteen him or herself. But, if said person proves to not take this advise, then law enforcement may intercede. This happened recently with a case of multi-drug resistant TB:The quarantine order was the first since the government quarantined a patient with smallpox in 1963, according to the CDC. See attached source

Is influenza an infectious disease?

Hayward

Yes.. It is transmitted from person to person by touch or through the air.



Rainsville

Yes, that's why most everyone gets flu shots every year.



Portland

yes its very infective, caused by the influenza virus



Penn Yan

YUP! it is caused by influenza virusyou can't get immune to influenza because the anitgens of this virus keep oon changing...



Fox Island

Yes. Yes. Yes.

Is house md a infectious disease doctor and a nephrologist?

Bay Minette

If not then what does house md study?



Star Lake

He's an infectious disease specialist and a "diagnostician". The writers of "House" made up the specialty of "diagnostician" specifically for this show; in the real medical world, there is no such thing as a diagnostician. For the show's purposes, "diagnostician" means someone who specializes in diagnosing difficult or complicated illnesses or "medical mysteries" that span ALL of the medical specialties, and would (or already did) completely baffle other doctors. A nephrologist is a kidney specialist, and is not one of House's specialties, but he does have a neurologist on his team (Dr. Foreman); perhaps that was what you were thinking of?



Castine

Actually, Doctor Hous has a doubl specialty in Infectious diseases, AND Nephrology. Report Abuse



Warrenton

Agreed. He announces in one of the Season 1 episodes (when he's trying to get out of clinic duty) that he is a board certified diagnositican with dual specialties in nephrology and infectious diseases. Report Abuse