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10 Warning Signs of Hepatitis B Infection You Should NEVER Ignore!

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Hepatitis B Infection You Should NEVER Ignore!

10 Signs of Hepatitis B Infection

Hepatitis B infection is a very infectious liver disease. A blood test will show if you have hepatitis B. Also an early diagnosis of hepatitis B will help protect your liver from further aggressive damage. Here is a list of the top symptoms and signs of hepatitis B infection:

1. If you had a closeness with a person who has hepatitis B infection:
It’s important to know that oral contact can transmit the hepatitis B virus too.

2. If you are feeling sick to your stomach or vomiting: Also if you have stomach pain or an unexplained abnormal liver enzyme test you might have hepatitis B.

3. If you have HIV:

10% of people diagnosed with HIV are also infected with hepatitis B or hepatitis C.

4. If you use needles that aren’t sterile: It could vary from dental work, medical procedures, tattooing, body piercing, also injected drugs, for the Virus to be transmitted.

5.Inmates:

13 years ago in the United States, there were close to 22,000 acute hepatitis B and 78,000 new hepatitis B virus (HBV) infections, an estimated 29% of these cases were in former inmates.

6. Men who have contact with men: hepatitis B is most common among men who have closeness with other men and can have potentially serious long-term effects.

Related Link: What You Need to Know About Hepatitis C

7. If you received kidney dialysis in the past.

8. If you had an organ transplant or take medications that suppress the immune system, such as anti-rejection medications, you are at a higher risk of hepatitis B infection.

9.Pregnant women:

this is the most common way the virus is passed on is from an infected mother to her baby, 9 out of 10 infants,30 out of 100 children younger than age 5 are unable to clear HBV from their bodies and become chronically infected.

10. If you have any of the following physical symptoms: Jaundice, this means yellowish eyes and skin it shows only after other symptoms have started to go away, Skin rash, muscle, and/or joint pain.

10 signs of Hepatitis B Infection

[Last Updated on June 8th, 2014]

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