Hepatitis B virus est quod infectio iecoris causat, et usque ad 80% cancer hepatitis B infectio hepatitis tribuitur. Virus Hepatitis B valde contagiosus est et plures modos transmissionis habet, inclusos transmissionis matris-ad-puer, contagiones cum productorum sanguineorum, dialysis, sexus consortis, infusione medicamentorum, ac diuturnum arctum contactum cum personis infectis. In pluribus, nulla signa post contagionem, et hepatitis B infectio potest determinari per sanguinem test. Ultrasound examen hepatis quantitatem implicationis iecoris aestimare potest. Modus praeventionis maxime vetat hepatitis B per vaccinationem.
Hepatitis B gradus duo sunt, acutus et longus. Si homo hepatitis B virus obnoxius est, tunc infectio initialis acutum infectio dicitur. Circa tertiam partem adultorum infectis indicia experientur sicut oculi flavi et dolor abdominis. Plerique homines sunt vel asymptomatici vel sola indicia lenia habent, quae facile errare possunt propter morbum vel malariam, et pueri symptomata raro experiuntur.
When symptoms of acute hepatitis B appear, the patient needs to rest more to replenish water and nutrition. It is recommended to avoid exposure to other factors that may worsen liver inflammation, such as alcohol. There is no specific treatment or cure for acute hepatitis B. After an acute hepatitis B infection, it may fully recover or progress to a chronic disease. Chronic hepatitis B is diagnosed by certain blood markers of hepatitis. Most adults will not develop chronic diseases, but most children who are infected from birth or under five years of age will develop chronic diseases, which may be asymptomatic or occasionally have hepatitis characterized by abdominal pain, yellow eyes, dark urine, or abnormal liver tests . The main problem faced by chronic hepatitis B is the risk of developing cirrhosis and iecoris cancer.