Hepatitis B is a liver infection caused by the Hepatitis B virus (HBV).
Hepatitis B is transmitted when blood, semen, or another body fluid from a person infected with the Hepatitis B virus enters the body of someone who is not infected.
This can happen through sexual contact; sharing needles, syringes, or other drug-injection equipment; or from mother to baby at birth.
For some people, hepatitis B is an acute, or short-term, illness but for others, it can become a long-term, chronic infection.
Risk for chronic infection is related to age at infection: approximately 90% of infected infants become chronically infected, compared with 2%–6% of adults.
Chronic Hepatitis B can lead to serious health issues, like cirrhosis or liver cancer.
The best way to prevent Hepatitis B is by getting vaccinated.
Hepatitis B is 100x MORE CONTAGIOUS THAN HIV.
The Hepatitis B virus can stay outside the body for 7days and capable of causing the infection during this period.
Source: Centers for Disease Control
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