1. Our Workplace Friends? Who are they really ????

2. How do they become part of our lives?

3. Can we protect ourselves from them?

4. Let me tell You about your “friends”!

5. Are they all what they seem to be?

6. Here are some “friends” who want to become part of us on a daily basis

8. What is Hepatitis? “Hepato” = liver “itis” = inflammation Therefore Hepatitisis an inflammation of the liver

9. Hepatitis B (HBV) HBV is a virus that infects the liver

10. Liver Cancer caused by HBV

11. HBV Symptoms Symptoms are highly variable and can even be absent! Symptoms may occur right after exposure or it might take as long as 1-9 months for them to develop.

12. May feel like you have something like the flu Fatigue

13. Abdominal Pain

14. Decreased Appetite

15. Nausea

16. Jaundice yellow discoloration of the skin and whites of the eyes Dark-colored urine

17. Can we rid ourselves of these friends?

18. Treatment of Hepatitis B No Cure

19. No Specific Treatment

20. Vaccine is available for the prevention of the disease

21. Hepatitis C (HCV) Meet another of our friends from the Workplace

22. This virus (HCV) also infects the liver but it is not related to HBV

23. HCV Symptoms Asymptomatic (no symptoms)

24. Malaise Jaundice

25. Treatment of Hepatitis C No Cure

26. No Vaccine Available for prevention Of the disease

27. Why avoid these friends? HBV and HCV make up 54% of all liver diseases

28. Meet our 3rd wannabe friend from work Human Immunodeficiency Virus HIV

29. This “friend” weakens our body’s immune system leaving it incapable of fighting off other diseases

30. HIV Infection Stages/ Symptoms Initial flu-like illness may occur shortly after exposure

31. Sore Throat Headaches Weakness

32. Diarrhea Swollen Lymph Nodes

33. Full Blown Aids

34. Treatments for HIV?

35. No Cure

36. No vaccine available for prevention of disease

37. What are your chances of making contact with one of these “friends” at work?

38. HBV: 6-30% HCV: 1.8% HIV: 0.3%

39. WHY WHY WHY

40. Should Should Should

41. I I I

42. Worry?

43. Risks of HBV, HCV and HIV These potential viral friends are deadly, and are not always apparent in people we come in contact with. They may be infected with HBV, HCV, and/or HIV without being aware of it. These viruses cause diseases that can be fatal, and since there are no cures, we need to focus on…

45. How Can We Protect Ourselves Against These “Friends”? To be continued…