In the United States, the most common types of viral hepatitis are Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, and Hepatitis C. Most people who get infected with the Hepatitis C virus develop a chronic, or lifelong, infection. What is Hepatitis C? Hepatitis C is an infection of the liver that results from the Hepatitis C virus.Acute Hepatitis C refers to the first several months after someone is infected. Acute infection can range in severity from a very mild illness with few or no symptoms to a serious condition requiring hospitalization.ested. Doctors use a blood test, called a Hepatitis C Antibody Test, which looks for antibodies to the Hepatitis C virus. Antibodies are chemicals released into the bloodstream when someone gets infected. Antibodies remain in the bloodstream, even if the person clears the virus.
Occlusive refers to the articulation, which occludes (blocks) the vocal tract. Plosive refers to the release burst (plosion) of the consonant. Therefore, a plosive is a stop that is released, typically into a more open speech sound such as a vowel.
Abnormal breath sounds include: the absence of sound and/or ; the presence of normal sounds in areas where they are normally not heard. For example, bronchial (loud & tubular) breath sounds are abnormal in peripheral areas where only vesicular (soft & rustling) sounds should be heard. When bronchial sounds are heard in areas distant from where they normally occur, the patient may have consolidation (as occurs with pneumonia) or compression of the lung. These conditions cause the lung tissue to be dense. The dense tissue transmits sound from the lung bronchi much more efficiently than through the air-filled alveoli of the normal lung. The term âadventitiousâ breath sounds refers to extra or additional sounds that are heard over normal breath sounds.