Towards a healthy liver

October 2007     View PDF     En español

Get a vaccine

Two of the most common infections of the liver are hepatitis A and B. Both are preventable. Your doctor can test you to see if you’ve been exposed to them before. If you haven’t, then taking the vaccines can prevent these infections from possibly causing a good deal of harm to your liver. The hepatitis A vaccine is two simple shots while hepatitis B is three. A combined vaccine protects against both.