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Hepatitis B
A community portal about Hepatitis B with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Hepatitis B is a disease of the liver caused by the Hepatitis B virus, a member of the Hepadnavirus family and one of several unrelated...
A community portal about Hepatitis B with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Hepatitis B is a disease of the liver caused by the Hepatitis B virus, a member of the Hepadnavirus family and one of several unrelated viral species which cause viral hepatitis. It was originally known as "serum hepatitis" and has caused current epidemics in parts of Asia and Africa. Hepatitis B is recognized as endemic in China and various other parts of Asia. The proportion of the world's population currently infected with the virus is 3 to 6%, but up to a third have been exposed. Symptoms of the acute illness caused by the virus include liver inflammation, vomiting, jaundice, and rarely, death. Chronic hepatitis B may cause liver cirrhosis which may then lead to liver cancer. The hepatitis B virus is the second most prevalent cause of cancer in humans after Tobacco smoke.
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There are many different types of hepatitis. These viral infections of the liver can be very damaging and in some cases can be fatal. One type of hepatitis that is preventable is Hepatitis B. While it is very contagious under certain circumstances, it can be prevented with the right precautions. Are you at risk for Hepatitis B infection? The Hepatitis B fact sheet will help answer that question.
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In patients with chronic hepatitis C, treatment with peginterferon alpha-2a (PegIFNα2a) plus ribavirin (RBV) better suppresses the virus to undetectable levels in the blood than treatment with peginterferon alpha-2b (PegIFNα2b) plus RBV, according to two new head-to-head studies in Gastroenterology, the official journal of the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) Institute. Patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection are...
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Long-time readers know this is a topic that always annoyed me (to put it mildly) - the treatment of hepatitis B carriers as lepers, banning them from certain types of jobs and needlessly stigmatizing them.
If this story is accurate, change is finally in the air:
China is set to issue regulations to remove hepatitis B [...]
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- China to ban mandatory hepatitis B tests (france24.com)
- China To Lift Ban On Hepatitis B Carriers In Study, Work (chinadigitaltimes.net)
- China to ban compulsory hepatitis B tests (uzbekistannews.net)
This study focuses on detecting and managing antiviral drug resistance in the treatment of chronic hepatitis B infection. Expert Review of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
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