Hepatitis D, also known as Hepatitis Delta Virus, is an infection that causes liver inflammation and impairs liver function. It can lead to long-term liver problems like scarring and cancer. Hepatitis D can only infect people who are already infected with Hepatitis B. There is currently no cure or vaccine for Hepatitis D, but treatment may help prevent liver failure if detected early. The virus is transmitted through contact with blood or bodily fluids of an infected person.

1. ESTAM FORMATION UNIVERSITY, SEME
CAMPUS,BENIN REPUBLIC
ANTHONY-NWAEKE ABIGAIL
FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT OF NURSING
300 LEVEL

3. HEPATITIS D
ALSO KNOWN AS THE HEPATITIS DELTA
VIRUS,IS AN INFECTION THAT CAUSES
THE LIVER TO BECOME INFLAMED.THIS
SWELLING CAN IMPAIR LIVER FUNCTION
AND CAUSE LONG-TERM LIVER
PROBLEMS,INCLUDING LIVER SCARRING
AND CANCER.THE CONDITION IS
CAUSED BY THE HEPATITIS D
VIRUS(HDV).
UNLIKE,THE OTHER FORMS,HEPATITIS D
CAN’T BE CONTRACTED ON ITS OWN.IT
CAN ONLY INFECT PEOPLE WHO ARE
ALREADY INFECTED WITH HEPATITIS B.

4. THERS’S CURRENTLY NO CURE
OR VACCINE FOR HEPATITIS
D,BUT IT CAN BE PREVENTED
IN PEOPLE WHO ARENT’T
ALREADY INFECTED WITH
HEPATITIS B.TREATMENT MAY
ALSO HELP PREVENT LIVER
FAILURE WHO’S CONDITION IS
DETECTED EARLY.

5. SYMPTOMS
YELLOWING OF THE SKIN AND
EYES,WHICH IS CALLED
JAUNDICE
JOINT PAIN
LIGHT-COLOURED STOOL
ABDOMINAL PAIN
NAUSEA AND VOMITING
STOMACH UPSET
LOSS OF APPETITE
DARK URINE
FATIGUE

6. CAUSES/RISK FACTORS
YOU CAN GET THE HEPATITIS D VIRUS IF
YOU COME INTO CONTACT WITH THE
BLOOD OR OTHER BODY FLUID OF
SOMEONE WHO’S SICK WITH IT.YET IT
CAN INFECT YOU ONLY IF YOU HAVE
HEPATITIS B.HDV NEEDS THE ‘B’ STRAIN
OF HEPATITIS TO SURVIVE.
YOUR ODDS OF GETTING HEPATITIS D GO
UP IF:
HAVE HEPATITIS B
HAVE SEX WITH SOMEONE WHO HAS
HEPATITIS B

7. MODE OF TRANSMISSION
SHARING PERSONAL
ITEMS(TOOTHBRUSH,RAZORS)
VAGINAL FLUIDS(HAVING SEX WITH
AN INFECTED PERSON)
SEMEN
BLOOD(SHARING NEEDLES USED TO
INJECT DRUGS)
BIRTH(FROM MOTHER TO HER
NEWBORN)
YOU CAN ONLY CONTRACT
HEPATITIS D IF YOU ALREADY HAVE
HEPATITIS B

8. DIAGNOSIS
BLOOD TEST
LIVER FUNCTION TEST(LEVEL OF
PROTEIN)

9. TREATMENT
THERE’S NO CURE FOR
HDV YET..UNTIL
DOCTOR’S COME UP
WITH BETTER
OPTIONS,THE DRUG
PRESCRIBED MOST
OFTEN IS PEGYLATED
INTERFERON ALFA(peg-
IFNa)

10. PREVENTION
NO VACCINE CAN PREVENT
HDV.THE BEST WAY TO AVOID IT
IS TO CUT YOUR RISK OF
GETTING HEPATITIS B.
AVOID CONTACT WITH BLOOD OR
OTHER FLUIDS OF SOMEONE
WITH HEPATITIS
WEAR GLOVES IF YOU HAVE TO
TOUCH SOMEONE ELSE’S
WOUND OR SORE.