Overview

Hepatitis is a type of liver disease. It can lead to serious liver damage and sometimes liver cancer. If you have hepatitis, you can spread it to other people even if you don't feel sick.

A virus causes most types of hepatitis. Two of the most common ones are hepatitis B (HBV) and hepatitis C (HCV).

Both HBV and HCV can make you sick and hurt your liver over time. But they are not the same. You don't always catch the viruses in the same way. And treatment for the two types is very different. Knowing these differences can help you take better care of your health.