The Virus of Hepatitis B Causes of Hepatitis B
What is hepatitis B?
Hepatitis B is a liver disease. Hepatitis means inflammation of the liver. Inflammation is the painful swelling and red that occurs when body tissues are infected or injured. The inflammation can cause organs to malfunction.
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What is the liver?
The liver is an organ that performs many important functions.
The liver
* Removes harmful chemicals from the blood
* Fights infection
* Helps digest food
* Stored nutrients and vitamins
* Stores energy
You can not live without a liver.
Illustration of the digestive system is called the esophagus, liver, stomach, large intestine and small intestine. It shades the liver.
Hepatitis B is a liver disease.
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What causes hepatitis B?
The virus of hepatitis B causes of hepatitis B. Viruses are germs that cause disease. For example, influenza is caused by a virus. People can spread the virus to others.
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Who can get hepatitis B?
Anyone can get hepatitis B. But some people are more prone than others, among which include
* People born to a mother with hepatitis B
* People living with someone who has hepatitis B
* People who have lived in parts of the world where hepatitis B is common
* People who have been exposed to blood or body fluids at work
* Those on hemodialysis
* People who have more than one sexual partner in the last six months or have a history of sexually transmitted diseases
* Injecting drug users
* Men who have sex with men
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How I can get hepatitis B?
You can get hepatitis B through contact with blood, semen or other body fluids of an infected person.
You can get hepatitis B
* Have been born to a mother with hepatitis B
* Have sex with an infected person
* Get a tattoo or piercing instruments were not sterilized and were used in an infected person
* Accidentally pricked with a needle that was used by an infected person
* Use the razor or toothbrush of an infected person
* Sharing drug needles with an infected person
Illustration of a woman and a man lying in bed facing each other. Their fronts are having. A sheet covering them from the armpits down.
You can get hepatitis B by having sex with an infected person.
You can not get hepatitis B
* Shake hands with an infected person
* Hugging an infected person
* Sit with an infected person