Know about Hepatitis B - Main Cause of Liver diseases
Hepatitis B is a virus that is very common. Hep B can hurt your liver and make you sick if not prevented or caught early. It is important to talk to your doctor about Hep B. Hep B has no symptoms in the early stages, and it is infectious, so it spreads through blood and body fluids. Hep B is passed on in many ways, and most people do not know how they got it. Hep B is transmitted through unprotected sex, blood - like shared razors or needles, and when a pregnant woman has Hep B, it’s possible that it will spread to her baby during delivery. Worldwide, 2 billion people carry evidence of Hep B infection. That’s one in every three people. While most of these people develop natural immunity to Hep B, 300 to 400 million people do not clear the virus from their bodies and develop long term or chronic Hep B infection. Newborn babies can be protected from Hep B through specific medications. Even if the mother has Hep B, the child can be protected. Children that don’t have Hep B ca...