Purchase Orders Welcome
Call for quick pre-approval
|
|
|
Hepatitis A and Drinking Water from Private Wells
New : Specialty Filters for Perchlorate, Chlorine, Nitrite, Metals, precious metals, uranium and many others
What is hepatitis A?
Hepatitis A is a liver disease caused by the hepatitis A virus (HAV), which can affect anyone. In the United States, hepatitis A infections can occur in isolated situations or in widespread epidemics.
How can I become infected with hepatitis A virus?
Hepatitis A virus is found in the stool of persons with hepatitis A. HAV is usually spread from person to person. It occurs by putting something in your mouth that had been contaminated with the stool of a person with hepatitis A. For this reason, the virus is more easily spread in areas where there are poor sanitary conditions or where personal hygiene is poor. Persons with hepatitis A can spread the virus to others who live in the same household. It can also be spread to those with whom they have sexual contact. Casual contact, as those in the office, factory, or school setting, does not spread the virus.
Where and how does hepatitis A virus get into drinking water?
Hepatitis A is found in every part of the United States and
throughout the world. When water sources such as private wells are contaminated with feces from infected humans, the water will spread the hepatitis A virus. The virus can enter the water through various ways, including sewage overflows or broken sewage systems.
What are the symptoms of hepatitis A?
The most common symptoms of hepatitis A include:
Jaundice or yellowing of the skin and eyes
Dark urine
Fatigue
Loss of appetite
Nausea
Vomiting
Fever
Stomach pain
Three out of four adults who are infected by HAV will develop symptoms, usually over a period of several days. The symptoms generally appear 2 to 6 weeks after infection with the virus. Children who are infected often have no symptoms.
What should I do if I think I have hepatitis A?
See your health care provider to discuss your concerns.
How is hepatitis A diagnosed?
A blood test can tell if hepatitis A is the cause of your illness. The test will look for antibodies to the virus.
What is the treatment for hepatitis A?
Consult with your health care provider. The usual treatment is bed rest, a balanced diet, and avoiding alcohol for at least 6 months. Antibiotics are not useful in treating such viral infections. In more serious cases, hospitalization may be necessary. Recovery from hepatitis A usually takes 4 to 8 weeks with no long-term liver damage.
What should I do if I think I have been exposed to hepatitis A?
Contact your doctor or your local health department if you think that you have been exposed to hepatitis A or any type of viral hepatitis. Immune globulins, a preparation of antibodies, can prevent the disease if you receive it within 2 weeks of exposure. Vaccines for hepatitis A are available to provide long-term protection.
How do I remove hepatitis A from my drinking water?
Heating water at a full boil for 1 minute (3 minutes if you live in a high altitude) will kill or inactivate the hepatitis A virus. Water should then be stored in a clean container with a lid and refrigerated.
Because of the small size of the virus, using a point-of-use filter will not remove it from water.
You may also disinfect your well; adequate chlorination kills the hepatitis A virus. Contact your local health department for recommended procedures. Have your well water tested periodically after disinfection to make sure that the problem does not recur.
Revised Summer 2003
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dpd/healthywater/factsheets/hepatitis.htm
|
|
Are You Lost?
See Your Breadcrumbs
|
Coupon Of The Day
|
Free
UPS Freight*
Just Pay
$3.95 Handling
Per Order
|
Live Hours
7:00a-4:00p p.s.t.
Monday-Friday
Toll Free
800-460-9011
local/International
818-786-0600
Fax
818-786-2347
E-MAIL US
ResinDepot
Featured Products
HUGE SAVINGS!
11/20/2009
5:12:41 PM
|
Tags : hepatitis | drinking | water | private | wells | hepatitis | ahepatitis | liver | disease | caused | by | hepatitis | virus | hav | which | affect | anyonein | uni
Hepatitis A and Drinking Water from Private Wells
Terms
and conditions
Privacy
Policy
* UPS shipping included where able to ship items via UPS Standard Freight in the continental USA. Over Size freight may have additional charges. All will be notified if freight charges apply. Most items can be shipped UPS. If a return is made, you are responsible for our actual UPS shipping charges. That amount is not refundable.
**We are normally only required to collect sales tax in California. For this discount program, we are paying this tax on your behalf out of the proceeds of the total sales. This is equal to a 9.25% discount for California clients. Sales from other states are not subject to our witholding but taxable by your state. In this program we are only paying the tax on sales we are required to collect which at this time is California only. This discount may not be used in combination with other discount offers except for the free freight offer.
All
freight charges quoted on this web site are for continental USA only. Freight is
calculated based on a starting point of Van Nuys, California. 91406 shipping
from a business location to a business location. If we ship your order out of
warehouses located in other locations or if you are in a rural or residential
location, your freight charges may differ significantly. You will be notified if
the freight charges on your order differ.
Images are representative of the product and not necessarily
the actual image of the product.
*To the extent that APS WATER uses trademarks, servicemarks, tradenames, or other
identifying information of other companies, APS WATER is making use of those
Trademarks for identification, or is making use by permission. The owner of the
trademarks has not consented to further use or copying of the trademarks and APS
WATER can not license such trademarks. Millipore , Q-Pak , Super-Q , Super-C ,
Milli-Q , ROGARD , Milli-RO , ROPAK , AFSPAK , Polygard, Gradient, Synthesis,
AFS, SDS, Acadenic, Biocel, Element, progard, ggard, quantum, Millipak and any tradenames prefixed by the
words Millipore or Millipore's are trademarks of Millipore Corporation.
Barnstead, Nanopure , E-pure , B-pure , Nanopure Diamond,Infinity ,
Easypure , ROPURE , Bantam and Mega-pure are trademarks of Barnstead/Thermolyne.
Labconco and Waterpro are trademarks of Labconco inc. Continental, IWT, US
Filter, Modulab and Culligan and other water related trademarks are
trademarks of their respective owners.
This is not necessarily a full list of the
trademark notifications we must make, If you see one we inadvertently left off,
please contact 800-460-9011 to
have it added.
(C) 2001-2009 APS Water
Services Inc. All Rights Reserved.
APS ULTRA brand water purification
products are designed to be replacement filters and membranes for Millipore ,
Barnstead , and US Filter water purification systems.
|
|
Scott Wilson Memorial
Gleva Wilson Memorial
Lab-Directory.com
|
