When the Body Can Not Get Rid of the Virus of Hepatitis B
What are the symptoms of hepatitis B?
Hepatitis B usually has no symptoms. Adults and children 5 and older sometimes have one or more of the following symptoms:
* Yellowing of the eyes and skin, called jaundice
* Delayed bleeding longer than usual to stop
* Swelling of the stomach or ankles
* Easy bruising
* Tiredness
* Upset stomach
* Fever
* Loss of appetite
* Diarrhea
* Colored stools
* Dark urine and yellowish
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What is hepatitis B?
Chronic hepatitis B is when the body can not get rid of the virus of hepatitis B. Especially children, especially infants, are more likely to get hepatitis B infection. Chronic hepatitis B usually has no symptoms until they develop signs of liver damage. Without treatment, chronic hepatitis B can cause scarring of the liver, also called cirrhosis, liver cancer and liver failure.
Symptoms of cirrhosis include
* Yellowing of the eyes and skin, called jaundice
* More time than usual to stop bleeding
* Swelling of the stomach or ankles
* Tiredness
* Nausea
* Weakness
* Loss of appetite
* Weight loss
* Blood vessels in the form of spider, called Spider enigmas, which are formed near the surface of the skin