What are the symptoms of hepatitis b.
What precautions should one take to tackle it?

Question

Symptoms of hepatitis b
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 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
precaution
a) the virus is transmitted through contact with infected blood/blood product, transfusion of infected blood, dialysis, b) contaminated syringe/needle/skin pricks/tatooing,
c) sexual contact with infected person, homosexuality and from infected mother to unborn child (foetus),

Lalit Kumar Tripathy · Accepted Answer

Symptoms of hepatitis b
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 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
precaution
a) the virus is transmitted through contact with infected blood/blood product, transfusion of infected blood, dialysis, b) contaminated syringe/needle/skin pricks/tatooing,
c) sexual contact with infected person, homosexuality and from infected mother to unborn child (foetus),

What are the symptoms of hepatitis b. What precautions should one take to tackle it?