Hepatitis B Symptoms
This blog of CNC Health Info is about Hepatitis B
HEPATITIS B
DESCRIPTION
Hepatitis B is a serious liver infection caused by the hepatitis B virus. For some people, hepatitis B infection becomes chronic, meaning it lasts more than six months. Having chronic hepatitis B increase your risk of developing liver failure, liver cancer or cirrhosis – a condition that permanently scars of the liver.
Symptoms –
Abdominal pain
Dark urine
Fever
Joint pain
Loss of appetite
Nausea and vomiting
Jaundice
Risk factors –
Unprotected sex
Sharing needles
Live with hepatitis B positive person
Contact with the infected blood
Diagnosis and test –
Blood test
Liver ultrasound
Liver biopsy
Treatment –
Antiviral medications
Interferon injection
Liver transplant
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