1. A serious liver infection caused by the
hepatitis B virus (HBV).
2. It can be both acute and chronic
a. acute, and lasts less than six months
b. chronic hepatitis B increases your risk
of developing liver failure, liver cancer or cirrhosis — a condition that
permanently scars the liver. Mostly turning fatal to infants and children while
adults tend to recover even in severe cases.
3. Causes & Transmission
c. Sexual contact
through unprotected sex
d. Sharing of
needles that increases the chance of contamination by infected blood
e. Transmission
from the mother to child during pregnancy or childbirth.
4. Symptoms appear about 1 to 4 months
which includes:
f.
Abdominal pain
g. Dark urine
h. Fever
i.
Joint pain
j.
Loss of appetite
k. Nausea and vomiting
l.
Weakness and fatigue
m. Yellowing of the skin and the whites of the eyes, also called jaundice
5. Hepatitis B is preventable by a vaccine
but cannot be cured upon infection.
