I lost my grand mother because of hepatitis B. Please tell me about syntomps of hepatitis B.

Dr. Lalit Kumar TripathyGeneral Physician40yrs exp

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1. Most patient are asymptomatic and hepatitis b is detected on routine screening of blood prior to blood transfusion. 2. In some the initial symptoms are like hepatitis a, a) fever, loss of appetite, nausea b) vomiting, diarrhoea, yellow coloration of urine and conjunctiva (white of eye) c) pale coloured stool, pain abdomen in the liver area. D) blood test for hb white ofsag is positive 3. The virus can remain active in blood and can become chronic hepatitis b and affects liver causing cirrhosis and liver cancer in some patients unless treated by antiviral drugs in time. 4. In some patients the virus automatically gets cleared from blood on its own without treatment and without causing any liver problem. 

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