What Is Hepatitis B | How People Get Hepatitis B Viral Infection | Best Prevention | Dr Afzal

Hepatitis B viral infection affl8cts millions and millions across the globe.this is caused by the same name virus I.e hepatitis B virus which is a DNA virus and belongs to hepadnaviridae family.
  It's transmitted amongst human either vertically from mother to the newborn or horizontally from one human to other either via blood products or through vaginally secretions as well as semen.l during physical encounters.
   Once transmitted then after incubation period which ranges from 1 to 6 months these virus and our body immune system interaction to evade them gives some signs and symptoms like flu,malaise,loss of appetite, yellow eyes,nausea and/or vomiting,feeling tired,pain in the right upper side if Abdomen etc.But a large number of people stay asymptotic.
  As hepatitis B viral infection can lead to chronic infection of liver,liver cirrhosis or hepatocellular Carcinoma of liver so its important to stop or prevent its spread across globe and the best stool proves to be 3 dose vaccination against hepatitis B virus.
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