Hepatitis B 2

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for you cannot contract the virus through sneezing, coughing, or holding hands.

A surprising fact about hepatitis B, considering it is preventable, is that
one in twenty people are or will be infected in their lifetime. There are one
million people infected in the United States. More than 350 million people
worldwide are chronic carriers of the virus. A chronic carrier is someone with the virus in their blood, and can who can pass the disease to others.

Fifty percent of those infected with the virus (a.k.a. HBV) do not develop
symptoms. HBV is often called the “Silent Infection”. Another forty nine percent experience fevers, fatigue, nausea, and vomiting. Many people think that it is just the flu and ignore their symptoms. Some other symptoms include abdominal pain or swelling, jaundice, dark colored urine or light colored bowel movements. The other one percent develops acute fulminant hepatitis. Of those infected with it, sixty to ninety percent ...

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