HEPATITIS
Two of my roommates are in the hospital with hepatitis. Their doctor says they have serum hepatitis. Is there more than one type? Could I have caught it from them?
There are two types of viral hepatitis; serum and infectious. Infectious hepatitis is thought to be spread by fecal or, rarely, urinary contamination. Recently, an outbreak of hepatitis at San Quentin Prison was traced to a pissed-off inmate urinating in a huge soup pot.
Your roommates, however, have the type spread through contaminated blood. Users of narcotics and amphetamines who share inadequately sterilized needles and syringes have a very high rate of hepatitis. Hepatitis is a most disabling and often fatal disease and I would guess that those who use needles for their highs become ill or die more often from contaminated needles or syringes than from overdoses of drugs. Symptoms of viral hepatitis are dark-colored urine, light-colored stools, fatigue, and jaundice or yellowing of the skin and eyes.
The incubation period of viral hepatitis is so long (up to six months) that many people can contract the disease before symptoms appear in any of them
Tongue in Cheek?
Can infectious hepatitis be contracted through cunnilingus?
This is an excellent way—if the recipient of your affection has the disease.
Impatient
I am in the hospital with hepatitis, am doing well, and will be released soon. My doctor says I can't drink for a year but what I really care about is can I drop pills (stimulants), take acid, and smoke marijuana. How long do I have to wait before I can do these things again?
Your own doctor is more familiar with your medical history and you should ask him these questions. If you are reluctant to do so, ask one of the interns.
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