Hepatitis B I Can't Believe Creative Writing

The doctor said that I'm pretty healthy now, although I was bedridden for about two weeks during which time I changed my diet substantially to eat more fruits and vegetables and less red meat per the advice of the physician. I have also substantially increased my fluids intake -- I now drink eight glasses of water a day. The physician told me that for someone with my degree of health, the main thing is to attempt to prevent any further inflammations or flare up of this virus. He said that as long as I continue to maintain my health, the only things we have to do is carefully monitor my liver, primarily with blood tests, and to stay cognizant of any other potential hazardous effects to related bodily functions (Dugdale, 2010). That way I can avoid anything drastic, such as the need for a liver transplant.

Although the acute stage of this disease has gone away in my body, after it lasted approximately three weeks, I still have to stick to my regiment of eating healthy, drinking lots of fluids, and not overexerting myself. The latter is difficult, especially for a first year college student, but I am learning to pace myself.

The physician also quoted me a number of facts that are relevant about the incidence of hepatitis b Apparently there was a big vaccination attempt that began in the late 1990's to decrease the rate of incidence of this disease in children. In the U.S., the likelihood of catching hepatitis b increases with age up until some is approximately 50 years old. African-Americans and other minorities are at a higher risk for getting this than Caucasians; foreign born persons represent a higher risk than others as well. Altogether, however, areas in which there are low rates of incidence of this disease include the U.S., Europe, and Australia; in these areas less than 20% of the population are infected and less than 2% are carriers of the disease (World Health Organization 2012).

References

Dugdale, D.C. (2010). "Hepatitis B" PubMed Health. Retrieved from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001324/

World Health Organization. (2012). "Hepatitis B" Global Response Alert. Retrieved from http://www.who.int/csr/disease/hepatitis/whocdscsrlyo20022/en/index1.html#who