Acute vs. Chronic Hepatitis B Infection

Hepatitis B is dangerous because it is a “silent infection,” which means it can infect people without them knowing it.

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But chronic hepatitis B is an incurable illness. Treatment is medication to reduce the risk that the virus will spread or cause complications.

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Hepatitis B is a serious liver infection caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV). For most people, hepatitis B is short term, also called acute.

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Hepatitis B can cause a chronic infection and puts people at high risk of death from cirrhosis and liver cancer. It can spread through contact ...

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Chronic hepatitis B infection may be symptomless for decades, but can ultimately lead to life-threatening complications, such as cirrhosis or liver cancer.

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Chronic hepatitis B is a silent killer.​​ Chronic hepatitis B is dangerous because there are often no symptoms, and blood tests for liver enzymes may be normal. ...

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by C Prevention · 2016 — Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is responsible for half of all deaths globally from viral hepatitis, half of all deaths from liver cancer, and a third of all deaths ...

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by A Lam — risk transmitting hepatitis B to others such as close contacts, sexual partners and unborn babies. have nearly a one in four risk of dying from cirrhosis, liver ...

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The good news is that most people with chronic hepatitis B should expect to live a long and healthy life. There are effective drug therapies that can control ...

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It can lead to severe illness, life- long disease, scarring (cirrhosis) of the liver, liver failure, liver cancer or death.

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