RN TARGETED MEDICAL SURGICAL GASTROINTESTINAL
EXAM 2024 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE 200 QUESTIONS
WITH DETAILED VERIFIED ANSWERS (100% CORRECT
ANSWERS) /ALREADY GRADED A+
What is Hepatitis? - ANSWER: Inflammation of the liver
Causes of Hepatitis - ANSWER: Viruses
Drugs (alcohol)
Chemicals
Autoimmune disease
Metabolic abnormalities
What are the types of viral hepatitis? - ANSWER: A, B, C, D, E
Can be acute or chronic
Hepatitis A virus symptoms - ANSWER: mild-flu like symptoms, or acute hepatitis
with jaundice and can cause acute liver failure
Source of infection for Hepatitis A - ANSWER: Transmitted primarily through faecal/
oral route route
improper handling of food, water
overcrowding
poor hygiene
poor sanitary conditions
Incubation Period and infectivity of Hepatitis A - ANSWER: 15-50 days of incubation
most infectious during 2 weeks before onset of symptoms,
infectious ceases 1-2 weeks after symptoms
Blood test for hepatitis A - ANSWER: present only briefly in blood
antibody to hepatitis A virus immunoglobulin M appears in serum as stool becomes
negative for virus (acute hepatitis)
Best prevention for Hep A - ANSWER: Hand washing and vaccination to prevent
outbreaks
Type of virus Hep A is? - ANSWER: RNA virus
Hepatitis B can cause? - ANSWER: Both acute and chronic disease
How Hep B transmission occurs? - ANSWER: from infected blood or body tissues
enters body of uninfected person who has not received vaccine
, Infectiousness of Hep B - ANSWER: Before and after symptoms appear, infectious for
4-6 months
carriers continue to be infectious for life
When infection resolves for Hep B - ANSWER: majority of adults it will completely
resolve, those who develop chronic infections= may range from normal liver to
severe liver disease
What type of virus is Hep B - ANSWER: DNA virus
How Hep B is transmitted? - ANSWER: perinatally by mothers to children (not by
breast milk)
percutanous (IV drug use, needle stick injury)
mucosal exposure to infectious blood (semen, vaginal, saliva)
can be in stool is GI ulcer (bleeding) present
Blood Test for Hep B? - ANSWER: Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAG) detected in
almost every body fluid
infected semen and saliva contain much lower virus than blood
Three antigens of Hepatitis B - ANSWER: HBsAG
the core antigen (HBcAG)
the E antigen (HBeAG)
What indicates a chronic HBV infection? - ANSWER: HBsAG in blood for longer than 6
months or longer after infection
Hepatitis C virus - ANSWER: (HCV) results in both acute (asymptomatic) and chronic
illness
Causes of acute Hep C - ANSWER: injection drug use and HIV positive men who have
sex with men
What is more common: acute or chronic Hep C? - ANSWER: Chronic Hep C
What chronic Hep C leads to? - ANSWER: progressive liver disease, hep C most
common cause of liver disease
What type of virus is HCV - ANSWER: RNA virus
How HCV is transmitted - ANSWER: primarily through percutaneously- sharing of
contaminated needles among IV users
also sexually transmitted, ocupational exposure, haemodialysis, perinatal
transmission
How long after infection does symptoms occur? - ANSWER: 15 to 20 years before
liver damage shows
EXAM 2024 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE 200 QUESTIONS
WITH DETAILED VERIFIED ANSWERS (100% CORRECT
ANSWERS) /ALREADY GRADED A+
What is Hepatitis? - ANSWER: Inflammation of the liver
Causes of Hepatitis - ANSWER: Viruses
Drugs (alcohol)
Chemicals
Autoimmune disease
Metabolic abnormalities
What are the types of viral hepatitis? - ANSWER: A, B, C, D, E
Can be acute or chronic
Hepatitis A virus symptoms - ANSWER: mild-flu like symptoms, or acute hepatitis
with jaundice and can cause acute liver failure
Source of infection for Hepatitis A - ANSWER: Transmitted primarily through faecal/
oral route route
improper handling of food, water
overcrowding
poor hygiene
poor sanitary conditions
Incubation Period and infectivity of Hepatitis A - ANSWER: 15-50 days of incubation
most infectious during 2 weeks before onset of symptoms,
infectious ceases 1-2 weeks after symptoms
Blood test for hepatitis A - ANSWER: present only briefly in blood
antibody to hepatitis A virus immunoglobulin M appears in serum as stool becomes
negative for virus (acute hepatitis)
Best prevention for Hep A - ANSWER: Hand washing and vaccination to prevent
outbreaks
Type of virus Hep A is? - ANSWER: RNA virus
Hepatitis B can cause? - ANSWER: Both acute and chronic disease
How Hep B transmission occurs? - ANSWER: from infected blood or body tissues
enters body of uninfected person who has not received vaccine
, Infectiousness of Hep B - ANSWER: Before and after symptoms appear, infectious for
4-6 months
carriers continue to be infectious for life
When infection resolves for Hep B - ANSWER: majority of adults it will completely
resolve, those who develop chronic infections= may range from normal liver to
severe liver disease
What type of virus is Hep B - ANSWER: DNA virus
How Hep B is transmitted? - ANSWER: perinatally by mothers to children (not by
breast milk)
percutanous (IV drug use, needle stick injury)
mucosal exposure to infectious blood (semen, vaginal, saliva)
can be in stool is GI ulcer (bleeding) present
Blood Test for Hep B? - ANSWER: Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAG) detected in
almost every body fluid
infected semen and saliva contain much lower virus than blood
Three antigens of Hepatitis B - ANSWER: HBsAG
the core antigen (HBcAG)
the E antigen (HBeAG)
What indicates a chronic HBV infection? - ANSWER: HBsAG in blood for longer than 6
months or longer after infection
Hepatitis C virus - ANSWER: (HCV) results in both acute (asymptomatic) and chronic
illness
Causes of acute Hep C - ANSWER: injection drug use and HIV positive men who have
sex with men
What is more common: acute or chronic Hep C? - ANSWER: Chronic Hep C
What chronic Hep C leads to? - ANSWER: progressive liver disease, hep C most
common cause of liver disease
What type of virus is HCV - ANSWER: RNA virus
How HCV is transmitted - ANSWER: primarily through percutaneously- sharing of
contaminated needles among IV users
also sexually transmitted, ocupational exposure, haemodialysis, perinatal
transmission
How long after infection does symptoms occur? - ANSWER: 15 to 20 years before
liver damage shows
