Brandon Marlow asked:




There are more than 350 million throughout the world who are infected with Hepatitis B or HBV. This is oftentimes misdiagnosed to be Hepatitis A, however, these to disease differ from each other. Unlike hepatitis B, hepatitis A has a higher probability of causing permanent or long term damage to long term condition the liver of the infected person if it is left untreated. HBC can result to liver cancer or liver cirrhosis while its damage to the liver is irrevocable. What is more harmful with hepatitis B is that it is 100 times more infectious compared to HIV with the same manner of body fluid exchange.

There are easy and fast ways that Hepatitis B can be transmitted like:

UNPROTECTED *** – engaging in a penetrative *** without any mean of protection like condoms is still the most common way of transmitting HBV. The exchange of body fluid lets the virus to travel from the infected person to its sexual partner.

USED NEEDLES – sad as it is, it is an ordinary scene in acupuncture shops, clinics, tattoo and body piercing shops, the reusing and sharing of needles is happening and it can be a possible way of HBV transmission. When a needle was used by the person who has HBV, the virus can have an easy access to your body from the infection.

BIRTH – when the mother has an HBV, there is a great risk of transferring the virus to the baby during birth, this process is called congenital HBV and it can only be prevented through the baby’s immunization.

The misconception of HBV transfusion from the infected person to another by sneezing, coughing, contact with ***** and close physical contact is not true. HBV can only be transmitted through the exchange of body fluids and this can only happen during a sexual ***********.

HBV can happen asymptomatically but it is still infectious. In other instances or people who have symptoms of HBV, they can experience vomiting and nausea, fever, diarrhea, loss of appetite, loss of weight, jaundice and itchy skin.

Patients who are diagnosed to have an HBV, the symptoms are not so severe and there is no required treatment. In months of constant monitoring, the immune system of the person infected with HBV is expected grow with natural immunity that is responsible for fighting with the virus. During the diagnosis, the person is advised to avoid alcohol because it can worsen the condition of the patient.

Medical treatment is given to the person who is infected with HBV and is experiencing chronic signs. The antiviral treatment wherein an infected person is injected or taken in a pill can help in avoiding the spread of the damage in the liver. Some of the drug choices are Baraclude, Alpha and Lamivudine; these drugs are given within six months together with close monitoring.

If you have signs of hepatitis or if you are thinking that you are being infected with HBV, the best way to handle your suspicion if to seek you doctor’s advice and talk about the possibility of an infection for you to be examined right away. There are also STD clinics that you can directly have yourself an STD test. The early discovery of this disease can reduce some of the possible complications like permanent liver damage.

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