Thursday 1 May 2008

HEPATITIS B


The hepatitis B is an infectious disease. The pathogen that causes it is a virus (HBV= Hepatitis B Virus).


The hepatitis B is transmited through contact with the blood, the semen or another corporal liquid of a infected person and from mother to child.


Symptoms: fever, fatigue, muscle or joiny pain, loss of appetite, mild nausea and vomiting, yellow eyes...


There are treatments that help slow the progresion of disease by slowing down the virus, although not all people with chronic hepatitis B need treatment.


The disease can be prevented with a safe and effective vaccine. To prevent it, not sharing needles, razors, nail clippers, toothbrushes and earring or body rings, used sterile needles in acupuncture, tatoo...

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