
HEPATITIS B[LIVER DISEASES]0246912564/0203623523
Hepatitis B (HB) is an infectious diseases caused by the hepatitis b virus (HBV) that affects the liver. It can cause both acute and chronic infection. Many people have no symptoms during the initial infection. In acute infection, some may develop a rapid onset of sickness with vomiting, yellow skin, tiredness, dark urine and abdominal pain. Often these symptoms last a few weeks and rarely does the initial infection result in death. It may take 30 to 180 days for symptoms to begin. In those who get infected around the time of birth 90% develop chronic hepatitis...