There are five kinds of hepatitis. Each has different causes, with one commonality: Hepatitis causes your liver to get inflamed.

It's possible you might have hepatitis and not realize it at first. Sometimes there aren't any symptoms.

Hepatitis disease can also sometimes be spread through sexual contact. Here’s what you need to know to protect yourself.

Hepatitis is a type of infection that can seriously damage your liver. And if you’re pregnant, you can pass it on to your newborn.

Viral hepatitis is an inflammation of your liver that's caused by a virus. The most common ones in the U.S. are hep A, B, and C.

Hepatitis A is a contagious liver infection caused by the hepatitis A virus. The virus usually isn’t dangerous.

Hepatitis A can make you feel like you have the flu. The first symptoms show up 15-50 days after contact with the virus.

Unlike other types, the hepatitis A virus is rarely dangerous. Almost everyone who gets it makes a full recovery.

An anti-smooth muscle antibody test is a blood test that detects autoantibodies that attack the smooth muscle cells in the body.

APRI is short for aspartate aminotransferase to platelet ratio index. Doctors use it to to measure your liver health.

The treatment for viral hepatitis depends on the type and stage of the infection. Improved treatments are always being evaluated.

A liver transplant is a surgical procedure that replaces someone’s diseased liver with all or part of a healthy one from a donor.

If you want to donate part of your liver to someone who needs a new one, you'll need to check to see if you've got the right profile.

If you want to donate part of your liver to someone who needs a transplant, the two of you must be a good match.

During the incubation period, doctors may not be able to detect that you have hep C until weeks or months after you get the virus.

When you have hepatitis C, you may feel uncertain about the decision to breastfeed your baby.

You might think that hepatitis C only happens in adults, but children get the liver disease, too.

Hepatitis C is a sneaky virus. You may not have any symptoms at all. Most people don’t.