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Facts about Hepatitis B for Adults What is hepatitis B? Hepatitis B is a serious liver disease caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV). The virus can affect people of all ages. Once infected, some people carry the virus their whole lives. This is called “chronic” infection and it can lead to liver cirrhosis, liver cancer, and death.
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Hepatitis B The hepatitis B virus can survive outside the body for at least 7 days. During this time, the virus can still cause infection if it enters the body of a person who is not protected by the vaccine. The incubation period of the hepatitis B virus is 75 days on average, but can vary from 30 to 180 days.
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Hepatitis B Hepatitis B is characterized by fever, nausea, vomiting, and yellow discoloration of the skin, eyes and mucous membranes (jaundice). In its most serious form, if left untreated, hepatitis B can become a chronic infection leading to chronic liver disease and potentially increasing the risk of developing liver cancer.
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Hepatitis B Risks & Complications Acute Hepatitis B, if left untreated, can develop into chronic (long term) Hepatitis B, which is more difficult to manage and can lead to liver failure, liver cancer and even death.
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Hepatitis B is the worldâs most common liver infection THE VIRUS. Hepatitis B is the world’s most common liver infection. Hep B is a serious and potentially deadly liver infection. It is caused by becoming infected with the hep B virus (HBV). It can cause serious liver problems like inflammation, fibrosis, cirrhosis, and liver cancer. In the U.S., chronic (long-term) hep B affects many people.
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Hepatitis B Your chances of developing chronic hepatitis B are greater if you are infected with the virus as a young child. About 90 percent of infants infected with hepatitis B develop a chronic infection. About 25 to 50 percent of children infected between the ages of 1 and 5 years develop chronic infections.
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Overview Hepatitis B is a serious liver infection caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV). For some people, hepatitis B infection becomes chronic, meaning it lasts more than six months.
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Pediatric Hepatitis B The hepatitis B virus (HBV), discovered in 1966, infects more than 350 million people worldwide.HBV can cause acute and chronic liver disease. The clinical presentation ranges from subclinical hepatitis to symptomatic hepatitis and, in rare instances, fulminant hepatitis.
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Ask the Experts People who are at an increased risk of being infected with the hepatitis B virus include the following: 1  Men or women who have multiple sex partners, especially if they don't use a condom. 2  Men who have sex with men. 3  Men or women who have sex with a person infected with hepatitis B virus.  People with other sexually transmitted diseases.
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Symptoms of Viral Hepatitis General symptoms common to hepatitis B include flu-like symptoms, fever, fatigue, muscle aches and jaundice, a yellowing of the skin and whites of the eyes. Complications can be serious, even life-threatening, and include the development of cirrhosis and liver failure.
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Hepatitis B Hepatitis B infection is caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV).You can catch hepatitis B through contact with the blood or body fluids (semen, vaginal fluids, and saliva) of a person who has the virus. Exposure may occur:
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How does hepatitis B affect the body? A Honor Society of Nursing (STTI) answered. Chronic hepatitis B affects the health of the liver, causing long-term inflammation (more than six months) of the liver. Symptoms can subside; however, chronic inflammation can lead to liver failure or liver cancer. In some cases of chronic hepatitis B, patients may need antiviral medications to lessen the effect of the infection of the liver. In severe cases, end-stage liver disease occurs, and a liver transplant may be needed.
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Hepatitis B Hepatitis B is an infectious disease caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV) which affects the liver.
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Public Health Chronic hepatitis B: Hepatitis B is chronic when the body can't get rid of the virus. Children, mostly infants, are more likely to get chronic hepatitis B than adults. People with chronic hepatitis B may have no signs for as long as 20 or 30 years.Signs may be the same as acute hepatitis B.There may also be signs of liver damage and cirrhosis such as: 1  Weakness. 2  Weight loss. 3  Small, red, spider-like blood vessels on the skin. 4  Confusion or problems thinking. 5  Loss of interest in sex. 6  Swollen stomach or ankles.he first signs may include: 1  Itching, tingling, or burning feeling in the vaginal or anal area. 2  Flu-like symptoms, including fever. 3  Swollen glands. 4  Pain in the legs, buttocks, or vaginal area. 5  A change in vaginal discharge. 6  Headache. 7  Painful or difficult urination.
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What to know about viral hepatitis? It's caused by the hepatitis B virus. It is spread through contact with the blood and body fluids of an infected person. You may get hepatitis B if you: 1  Have sex with an infected person without using a condom.  Share needles (used for injecting drugs) with an infected person.
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Human Physiology/Print Version People between the ages of 20 and 49 are most likely to get it. Only 5% to 10% of adults and children older than 5 who have hepatitis B end up with a chronic infection. The numbers aren’t so good for those younger than 5 (25% to 50%) and even higher for infants infected at birth (90%). As many as 1.4 million people in the U.S. are carriers of the virus.
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Hepatitis B Hepatitis B is a serious liver disease caused by a virus. •. You can get infected with hepatitis B if you have contact with an infected person's blood or other body fluids.
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Hepatitis D (Delta agent) HDV may make liver disease worse in people who have either recent (acute) or long-term (chronic) hepatitis B. It can even cause symptoms in people who carry hepatitis B virus but who never had symptoms. Hepatitis D infects about 15 million people worldwide. It occurs in a small number of people who carry hepatitis B.
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Hepatitis B Virus and Hepatitis C Virus Infection Hepatitis B Virus and Hepatitis C Virus Infection People with HIV infection in the United States are often affected by chronic viral hepatitis; about one-third are coinfected with either hepatitis B virus (HBV) or hepatitis C virus (HCV).
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Frequently Asked Questions HIV-positive persons who become infected with Hepatitis B virus (HBV) are at increased risk for developing chronic HBV infection and should be tested. In addition, persons who are co-infected with HIV and HBV can have serious medical complications, including an increased risk for liver-related morbidity and mortality.epatitis B. Hepatitis B virus (HBV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are bloodborne viruses transmitted primarily through sexual contact and injection drug use.
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Hepatitis B (HBV, Hep B) This page is about how hepatitis B affects people with HIV. For information about other types of viral hepatitis, see our related pages, Hepatitis A and Hepatitis C. About 10% of people living with HIV in the U.S. are coinfected with HBV.
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Hepatitis Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) is a well-known agent of acute and chronic hepatitis, liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Around 400 million people worldwide carry the virus of which more than 250 million reside in Asia [1].
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- Hepatitis B is a serious liver disease caused by the hepatitis B virus. This virus can enter the. bloodstream, attack the liver, and cause severe illness. In some cases, the virus can remain. in the body for a lifetime and cause ongoing liver damage.
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Hepatitis B (serum hepatitis) Hepatitis B is a liver disease caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV). The virus can cause lifelong infection, cirrhosis (scarring) of the liver, liver cancer, liver failure and death.epatitis B virus can be found in the blood and, to a lesser extent, saliva, semen and other body fluids of an infected person. It is spread by direct contact with infected body fluids; usually by needle stick injury or sexual contact.
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Is Hepatitis B Contagious? Hepatitis B is considered to be contagious between people. Generally the infectious agent may be transmitted by saliva, air, cough, fecal-oral route, surfaces, blood, needles, blood transfusions, sexual contact, mother to fetus, etc. Hepatitis B, although infectious, is not a genetic disease.It is not caused by a defective or abnormal gene. The contagious disease, Hepatitis B, can be transmitted: 1  by sexual conduct between people. 2  from person to person by blood. 3  from the mother to her fetus.he contagious disease, Hepatitis B, can be transmitted: 1  by sexual conduct between people. 2  from person to person by blood. 3  from the mother to her fetus.