Hepatitis B
Symptoms:
Often none, but may include:
- a short flu-like illness
- tiredness
- feeling sick
- being sick
- loss of appetite
- weight loss
- jaundice (yellow skin)
- itchy skin
How is it passed on?
Unprotected
sex or oral sex with an infected person; sharing infected needles or other
drug-injecting equipment; infected tattooing, acupuncture or body-piercing
equipment; receiving infected blood.
Long
Term Effects
People who become chronic (long-term) Hepatitis B carriers can get permanent liver damage, cirrhosis of the liver, lymphoma and cancer.