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TO VASANTH SIR, SIR I WOULD LIKE IF U WOULD ANS THE QUESTION I AM ASKING BELOW CAN U BRIEFLY EXPLAIN THE 5 HEPATITIS & TRIPLE HEXIS. I WOULD THANK U FOR LOOKING FORWARD TO MY DOUBT. YOUR STUDENT OF CLASS 8 CARMEL SCHOOL, VARUN

TO VASANTH SIR,
SIR I WOULD LIKE IF U WOULD ANS THE QUESTION I AM ASKING BELOW
CAN U BRIEFLY EXPLAIN THE 5 HEPATITIS & TRIPLE HEXIS.
I WOULD THANK U FOR LOOKING FORWARD TO MY DOUBT.
YOUR STUDENT OF CLASS 8 CARMEL SCHOOL,
VARUN

Grade:11

1 Answers

Vasanth SR
askIITians Faculty 1335 Points
6 years ago
Hepatitis is just a condition, liver inflammation. The three main types of hepatitis are A, B, and C. Each is caused by a different virus. All three types can be acute, lasting for 6 months or less, and types B and C can be chronic, lasting for longer.

Each type has different characteristics and is transmitted in different ways, but symptomstend to be similar.

A: caused by consuming food or water infected with the hepatitis A virus
B: spread through contact with body fluids
C: percutaneous infection, when the virus gets under the skin

Jaundice is a symptom of hepatitis. (Yellowing of body)



Triple Helix
It is the structural arrangement of certain bio molecules in living organisms.
Eg 1) Collagen which is found in the skin of cattle
2) Triple helical DNA536-42_063-065_Helice_205.jpg

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