10 signs of Hepatitis B

Hepatitis B is a very infectious liver disease, a blood test will show if you have hepatitis B also an early diagnosis will help protect your liver from aggressive damage, Here is a list of signs that indicate you might have Hepatitis B. 

1. If you had sex with a person who has hepatitis B infection:
Oral sex can transmit the virus too. 

2. If you are feeling sick to your stomach or vomiting also if you have a stomach pain or an unexplained abnormal liver enzyme test.

3. If you have HIV: A 10% of people diagnosed with HIV are also infected with hepatitis B or hepatitis C. 

4. If you use needles which aren’t sterile: It could vary from dental work, medical procedures, tattooing, body piercing, also injected drugs, for the Virus to be transmitted. 

5. Inmates: 13 years ago in the United States, there were close to 22,000 acute hepatitis B and 78,000 new hepatitis B virus (HBV) infections, an estimated 29% of these cases were in former inmates. 

6. Men who have sex with men: hepatitis B is the most common among men who have sex with men and can have potentially serious long-term effects.

7. If you received kidney dialysis in the past. 

8. If you had an organ transplant or take medications that suppress the immune system, such as anti-rejection medications.

9. Pregnant women: this is the most common way the virus is passed on is from an infected mother to her baby, 9 out of 10 infants,30 out of 100 children younger than age 5 are unable to clear HBV from their bodies and become chronically infected.

10. If you have any of the following physical symptoms: Jaundice, this means yellowish eyes and skin it shows only after other symptoms have started to go away, Skin rash, muscle and/or joint pain.

Sources:

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/hepatitis-b/DS00398/DSECTION=tests-and-diagnosis

http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/hepatitis-b/Pages/Introduction.aspx

http://www.webmd.com/hepatitis/hepb-guide/hepatitis-b-topic-overview

http://www.patient.co.uk/health/Hepatitis-B.htm

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5330a3.htm