Hepatitis B

Hepatitis B is an infectious disease caused by the hepatitis B virus that affects the liver; it is a type of viral hepatitis. It can cause both acute and... Wikipedia

• Specialty:  Infectious disease, gastroenterology
• Symptoms:  None, yellowish skin, tiredness, dark urine, abdominal pain
• Usual onset:  Symptoms may take up to 6 months to appear
• Duration:  Short or long term
• Causes:  Hepatitis B virus spread by some body fluids
• Risk factors:  Intravenous drug use, sexual intercourse, dialysis, living with an infected person
• Diagnostic method:  Blood tests
• Prevention:  Hepatitis B vaccine
• Treatment:  Antiviral medication (tenofovir, interferon), liver transplantation
• Frequency:  296 million (2019)
• Deaths:  820,000 resulting from hepatitis B (2019)
• Data source:  DuckDuckGo