What are the symptoms of hepatitis b?
What is the recovery time in general, if one suffers from it.

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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 treatment
1. There is no treatment that eradicates hepatitis b infection completely. 2. However treatment is available to arrest the liver damage and subsequent development of cirrhosis of liver/carcinoma of liver
3. In most of the cases the hepatitis b virus automatically gets cleared from the blood within 6 months. If the virus persists after 6 months it is known as chronic hepatitis b
4.30-90% of patient suffering from chronic hepatitis b subsequently develop cirrhosis of liver/carcinoma of liver if not treated
5. You have to regularly do the blood test to monitor hbsag, hbeag hbv dna, real time pcr for viral load (rapid diagnostic test), liver function test for sgot/sgpt 6. Criteria for starting anti viral drugs- patient should be observed for 6 monthsif sgot (alt/sgpt (ast) level is more than two times the normal value), hbeag is positive, hbvdna is more than 20, 000/ml, and liver biopsy showing necro inflammatory changes, he may require treatment with anti viral drugs.
7. Consult hepatologist/gastro enterologist for further advice.

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 treatment
1. There is no treatment that eradicates hepatitis b infection completely. 2. However treatment is available to arrest the liver damage and subsequent development of cirrhosis of liver/carcinoma of liver
3. In most of the cases the hepatitis b virus automatically gets cleared from the blood within 6 months. If the virus persists after 6 months it is known as chronic hepatitis b
4.30-90% of patient suffering from chronic hepatitis b subsequently develop cirrhosis of liver/carcinoma of liver if not treated
5. You have to regularly do the blood test to monitor hbsag, hbeag hbv dna, real time pcr for viral load (rapid diagnostic test), liver function test for sgot/sgpt 6. Criteria for starting anti viral drugs- patient should be observed for 6 monthsif sgot (alt/sgpt (ast) level is more than two times the normal value), hbeag is positive, hbvdna is more than 20, 000/ml, and liver biopsy showing necro inflammatory changes, he may require treatment with anti viral drugs.
7. Consult hepatologist/gastro enterologist for further advice.

What are the symptoms of hepatitis b? What is the recovery time in general, if one suffers from it.