Hepatitis B
This disease caused in Liver occurs due to Hepatitis B virus. This is not a kind of Jaundice. This is a viral disease that does not show any symptoms till it gets to an extreme stage and affects the Liver severely. It is to be noted that this is an infectious disease.
Causes
- From drug injections
- From affected mother to child
- Non-sterilized injections and tattooing needles
- Sexual contact with the affected person (homosexual or bi-sexual)
- Blood transfusion
Symptoms
- Indigestion, nausea, dysentery
- Stomach ache
- Liver enlargement
- Pains all over the body and knee joints
- Itching and rashes
Treatment
Diagnosis & Treatment
After testing for HBS Antigen, treatment is done our hospital. HBS antigen positive patients can observe the improvement within 1 week of treatment. Patients are also prescribed to take the blood test in labs outside the hospital you wish to do.
Within a short span of treatment, patients can notice the improvement by the blood becoming HBS negative.