Hepatitis B & C

🧪 What Is Hepatitis B & C?

Hepatitis B and C are viral infections that affect the liver. They spread through blood and body fluids and can cause inflammation, liver damage, or even liver failure if untreated.

Think of your liver as your body's filter. Hepatitis makes that filter weak and overworked.

🦠 What’s the Difference?

🚨 Common Symptoms

• Fatigue, tiredness all day

• Jaundice (yellow eyes and skin)

• Nausea, vomiting

• Poor appetite

• Dark-colored urine

• Abdominal pain (especially near the liver)

• Muscle and joint pain
  
  

☝️ Many people don’t feel symptoms until liver damage has already begun. That’s why screening is crucial.

🧬 How Is It Transmitted?

• Needle sharing (tattoos, IV drug use, unsterile syringes)

• Blood transfusion (if not screened)

• Unprotected sex with infected partner

• Mother to baby during childbirth

• Sharing razors or toothbrushes

🥗 Nutrition During Hepatitis (B or C)

The liver helps digest fat, store nutrients, and remove toxins. When it’s inflamed, it needs extra care:

✅ Focus On:

• High-protein, low-fat diet

• Frequent, small meals to reduce burden

• Easy-to-digest carbs like rice, poha, oats

• Plenty of fluids – water, buttermilk, coconut water

• Antioxidants – fruits (papaya, banana, apple), vegetables (carrot, spinach, lauki)

🥣 Example: Moong dal khichdi + boiled lauki + fruit + buttermilk

⚠️ Avoid:

• Alcohol – the biggest enemy of liver health

• Fried, spicy, and heavily processed foods

• Excess salt and sugar

• Red meat and heavy curries

💊 Nutrients That Help

• Protein – repairs liver tissue (legumes, paneer, egg white)

• B-complex vitamins – support liver enzymes

• Vitamin C & E – act as antioxidants

• Zinc – boosts immunity

• Glutathione-supporting foods – garlic, onions, broccoli
  
  

🛏️ Lifestyle Advice

💧 Hydration:

• Drink 3L water per day
  
  

• Add ORS, buttermilk, or lemon water during fever or weakness
  
  

🧘♀️ Rest & Routine:

• Reduce stress, get enough sleep

• Avoid overexertion – let your liver rest too

• Light walking or stretching if energy permits
  
  

🧼 Hygiene:

• Do not share razors, toothbrushes, nail clippers

• Ensure all injections and dental tools are sterilized

• Practice safe sex

• Get vaccinated for Hepatitis B if you're at risk
  
  

📈 What to Monitor

• Liver Function Tests (LFTs) – SGPT, SGOT, bilirubin

• HBsAg (Hepatitis B surface antigen) – for Hep B

• Anti-HCV antibodies – for Hep C

• Viral Load Tests – check the amount of virus in the blood

• Ultrasound – to check liver size and condition
  
  

💉 Prevention Tips

✅ Get the Hepatitis B vaccine (3 doses)

✅ Avoid contact with infected blood

✅ Use protection when indulging in sexual activities
✅ Get tested if you're at risk

✅ Always choose hygienic clinics, tattoo parlors, and salons

📞 When to Seek Help

• Constant fatigue that doesn’t improve

• Yellow eyes/skin

• Blood in vomit or stool

• Unexplained weight loss

• Swelling in feet or abdomen
  
  

🌿 Final Word

Hepatitis B and C don’t just affect your liver—they can affect your energy, mood, digestion, and quality of life. With the right diet, medical care, and lifestyle, you can manage (or even reverse) liver damage.

🎯 If you or someone you love is recovering from Hepatitis B/C, it’s time to support the liver with healing foods, hydration, and habits.

📝 Book a personalized liver recovery diet plan and start your healing journey.

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