Readers learn from this concise, two-sided card that there are three strains of hepatitis -- A, B and C -- and that the liver disease -- particularly Type A -- is very widespread.
They are warned that all hepatitis strains are spread by contact with infected blood, saliva or semen, that all forms of sex, the sharing of drug or tattoo needles, razors or toothbrushes and traveling in places with unclean conditions provide opportunities for infection.
The symptoms of the disease are described, and readers are advised that, while hepatitis can be treated, any liver damage it has done is permanent.
Prevention strategies include avoiding all sexual contact, restricting sex to one uninfected partner, using a condom, avoiding needle sharing and not eating foods that look uncooked or unclean.
