What is an Hepatitis B Infections?

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Hepatitis B infection is a very widespread infection with an incubation period of 3-6months. It is transmitted by blood and blood products,including inoculation by contaminated syringes used in surgical and dental procedures and tattooing. It is probable that hepatitis B can also be transmitted by kissing or sexual intercourse,especially among male homosexuals.
Infection can be passed by mothers to their babies,either across the placenta or during breast feeding.

Acute hepatitis B usually cause a prodromal illness, similar to that with hepatitis A infection,before jaundice appears. Some patients with hepatitis B have skin rashes or joint pains.
The diagnosis can be confirmed by liver function tests and by finding hepatitis B surface antigen in the blood, the so -called Australian aborigine. As with hepatitis A ,there is no specific treatment and patients are nurses along the same lines. Great care should be taken when handling blood,syringes and needles. Blood should be transported in special labelled containers.
Relapses of hepatitis B can occur but,in addition, hepatitis B can cause chronic liver disease as the virus is not completely cleared from the liver cells. In some parts of the world chronic infection with hepatitis B is associated with a high incidence of liver cell carcinoma.

 

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Hepatitis B ( HBV ) is a serious and viral disease caused by a virus that attacks the liver in the body. The virus which is responsible for this is known as hepatitis B virus ( HBV ), the sad truth about this viral infection is that it can cause lifetime and everlasting infection to human. This virus can also caused cirrhosis of the liver, liver cancer, liver failure, and lastly untimely death if no proper treatment is used. Hepatitis B is deadly, it is a silent killer it kills gradually which makes it deadly and fearful.

However, studies has shown that Hepatitis B Virus is responsible for about sixty percent of liver cancer cases recorded in most developing countries, and third world country in general. It is also believed that one out random ten persons has this viral infection.

Hepatitis B can be contacted through contaminated blood such as sharing needle, or any other body fluids. Studies also shoes that an Hepatitis B infected pregnant woman can pass the infection to her baby during birth of her child. Hepatitis B can also be contacted through sexual contact with infected person. It can also be contacted through blood transfusion. As already stated above, Hepatitis B is a silent killer because it is sometimes asymptomatic.